Leslie Augustus FOSTER

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FOSTER, Leslie Augustus

Service Number:	5084
Enlisted:	28 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1888
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 8 September 1975, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5084, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5084, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5084, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Reincourt. Imprisoned at Allemange, Germany
26 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5084, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Augustus Foster and Prudence Foster of 18 George Street, Rozelle, NSW. Brother of Annie M. Foster

Commenceed return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 26 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, British War Medal

On 30 September 1919 he re-enlisted Servece number 86073 for Special Service overseas and embarked in Sydney NSW on 12 August 1919 aboard HMAT Yeringa for Europe with Deporters.

Returned to Australia on board HT Cape Verde on 29 February 1920

Discharged 14 March 1920 at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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