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FOSTER, Henry Brian
Service Number: | 1624 |
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Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands Park, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Unley, South Australia, 29 February 1888 |
Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Northfield Mental Hospital, South Australia, 30 May 1952, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 18, Site No: 49 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1624, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands Park, SA | |
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31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1624, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1624, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
12 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1624, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to back injury |
World War 2 Service
30 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name was registered as Henry Brian Ventnor Foster
Son of Henry Edgar Foster and Charlotte Foster nee Dawson of North Unley, SA. Brother of (Guy) Clements Josiah Foster and June Ure Foster
On 1 April 1911 Henry married Mary Jane Penney in the Congregational Manse, Wallaroo, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1916 on board HT Argyllshire
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal