Creade Anthony FOSTER

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Service Number:	1285
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Vancouver, Canada, 1880
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Memorials:

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1285, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1285, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1285, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
6 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion, Temporary but later confirmed
1 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 39th Infantry Battalion, In the field
17 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 39th Infantry Battalion, In the field
24 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1285, 39th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
15 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1285, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was Great Britain Hotel, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Next of kin given as a friend Ellen Beatrice Ferral of 111 Humphrey Street, Ballarat East, Victoria later changed to his wife

Husband of Emily Foster of 110 Buckridge Avenue, London, England

Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on the 31 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal - returned unclaimed for an Oregon, USA address in 1924