Harry FOSTER

FOSTER, Harry

    Service Number: 1216
    Enlisted: 12 May 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Penshurst, Hurstville, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Natural causes, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1964
    Cemetery: Dungog Paterson Cemetery
    Memorials: Lostock Public School & District Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    12 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1216, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
    7 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 1216, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    7 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 1216, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    10 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From Light Trench Mortar
    25 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From the 17th Battalion
    13 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1216, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
    25 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From the 18th Battalion
    24 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1216, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Penshurst, NSW

    Next of kin given as his brother H.J Foster of Muswellbrook, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking at Colombo on 23 April 1919 due to Small Pox. Resumed return journey on HT China. Disembarked at Melbourne on 8 June 1919 for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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