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FOSTER, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2632 |
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Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Boatbuilder |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria | |
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14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2632, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2632, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
28 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, From 65th Battalion | |
12 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
7 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Marital status given as Widower. Next of kin given as his son John R. Foster of 64 Fyans Street, Chilwel, Geelong, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HT Devanha disembarking on the 23 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal