William Joseph FOSTER

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Service Number:	2305
Enlisted:	2 May 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1876
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Photographer
Memorials:

2 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2305, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2305, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2305, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
24 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2305, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Gastritis

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Arrived in Australia about 1909c

Next of kin given as a friend Edna Gard, Fitzroy Street, Grafton, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 13 August 1917 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on the 1 September 1917 for onward travel to Sydney

Previously served in South Africa for 3 years and the Dragoons for 5 years

Medals: British War Medal