Walter Henry FOSTER

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Service Number:	31446
Enlisted:	3 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town:	Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 September 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot V, Row C, Grave 4, The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 31446, Melbourne, Victoria
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 31446, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 31446, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Melbourne
13 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 31446, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 31446 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-13

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Son of John Thomas Foster and Annie Foster of Atherton Road, Oakleigh, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Forces