Edward FOSTER

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Service Number:	669
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackwood, South Australia, 8 October 1886
Home Town:	Yancannia Creek, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Memorials:

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Slight
28 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to the right arm and left leg(severe). Invalided to England on 3 April 1918
25 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 669, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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At the time of enlistment his address was Yancannia Station, Broken Hill, NSW

Son of Edward Foster and Amina(Mina) Foster nee Redhead of Kundip, WA formerly of Blackwood, SA

On 15 April 1919 Edward married Irene Maggie Gargett in the Parish Church, Winton, Southampton, England

Commenced return to Australia 23 July 1919 on board HT Canberra disembarking on the 9 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal