FOSTER, Arthur Wellesley
Service Number: | 633 |
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Enlisted: | 30 June 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
Born: | Birmingham, England, 1889 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Groom |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
30 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 633, 13th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 633, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 633, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
1 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), From the 13th Machine Gun Company at Grantham, England | |
21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 633, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Norris Tillesley Foster and Alice Maud Foster nee Dewhurst of England
Husband of Phoebe (Ophelia Tydvil) Foster nee Young of Arthur and Phoebe married in QLD on 9 July 1916. Address at the time of enlistment was River Street, Murwillumbah, NSW
Returned to Australia on 4 July 1919 on HT Norman as nursing staff disembarking on the 20 August 1919 in Sydney, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
While liiving in England he served in the Imperial Yeomanry for 3 years before leaving the district