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FOSTER, Alfred Graham
| Service Number: | 1128 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Carrieton, South Australia, 13 June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Caltowie, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Photographer & Electrician |
| Died: | Masonic Village, Somerton Park, South Australia, 18 December 1984, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated on the 19 December 1984.Interred on 11 September 1985. RSL, Wall 116, Niche C006. Internment right number 246792 which expires on 11 September 2030 |
| Memorials: | Caltowie District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1128, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1128, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1128, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Work on 8 November 1917 at Bellewaarde Ridge. Recommendation date: 19 November 1917 London Gazette on 28 January 1916, page 1209, position 80 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 April 1916, page 862,position 127 | |
| 29 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), In London, England. On several occasions prior to being promoted to Sergeant his temporary ranks varied between Private and Acting Corporal | |
| 10 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Field Ambulance, In France from 1st Stationary Hospital | |
| 23 Feb 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:On the night of 8th November 1917 at Bellewaarde Ridge east of Ypres the road and surrounding area was heavily shelled, Sergeant Foster took his bearers to the spot at once and directed the removal of wounded. He remained in the shelled area and thoroughly searched for wounded. Only for the coolness of this N.C.O. wounded would have been eventually killed by the continuous shelling or not discovered until daybreak. London Gazette 23 February 1918, page 2434, position 21 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 July 1918, page 1588, position 21 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 1128, 5th Field Ambulance | |
| 27 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1128, 5th Field Ambulance, Discharged at 4th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Henry Foster and Jane Foster of Caltowie, SA.
Brother of Hilda Jane Foster, Mildred Catherine Foster, Gilbert Foster, Catherine Marian Foster, William Henry Foster and William Edwin Foster
Military Medal
'On the night of 8th November, 1917 at BELLEWAARDE Ridge east of YPRES the road and surrounding area was heavily shelled, Sergeant FOSTER took his bearers to the spot at once and directed the removal of wounded. He remained in the shelled area and thoroughly searched for wounded. Only for the coolness of this N.C.O. wounded would have been eventually killed by the continuous shelling or not discovered until daybreak.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918
Played Cricket. Football, Tennis and Golf
On 9th April 1927 Alfred married Dorothy Cameron Reed in St Paul's Church, Adelaide, SA.
At the time of his death Alfred was residing in Masonic Village, Mozart Court, Peterson Street, Somerton Park, SA. Member of colonel Light Gardnes RSL Sub Branch, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 12 December 1919
Medals: Military Medal, Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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