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FOSTER, George Hatton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1886 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Field Troop Engineers |
Born: | Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1876 |
Home Town: | Tallebudgera, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Teamster |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 17 March 1952, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld Church of England Section E, Grave No 31. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1886, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1886, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
22 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1886, 11th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Malwa, Sydney | |
2 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Troop Engineers, From 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
8 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1886, 4th Field Troop Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Cecilia Foster of Bent Street, Gympie, QLD
Next of kin given as a friend Jessie Hislop of Eromanga, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 26 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarkng on the 1 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal