FOSTER, James Uriah
Service Number: | 4406 |
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Enlisted: | 29 November 1915, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Chemist |
Died: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1930, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Presbyterian section 5E, Zone A, 499 Interred on the 17 March 19390 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
29 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4406, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW | |
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22 Aug 1916: | Involvement 4406, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
22 Aug 1916: | Embarked 4406, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
7 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 15th Field Ambulance | |
23 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 10th Field Ambulance | |
14 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4406, 10th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Uriah and Harriett A. Foster of 'Loch Lomond', Orange Street, Randwick, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Karachi as nursing staff disembarking on the 25 October 1918
During 1922 John married Olga Morton in the Hurstville area, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Apprenticed to W.J. Woods of Enmore Street, Newtown, NSW