Arthur Joseph FOSTER

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Service Number:	6922
Enlisted:	15 November 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery
Memorials:

15 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6922, 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6922, 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6922, 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
26 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6922, Gassed
14 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6922, 2nd occasion. Gunshot wound to the right hand
30 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6922, Discharged at the 3d Military District

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Son of James Foster and Emily Jones formerly Foster of Vincent Street, Ararat, Victoria. Brother of William J. Foster

Returned to Australia on 8 October 1919 board HT Anchises

Husband of Mary Carmen Foster nee Allica. Arthur and Mary married in Victoria during 1927c

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Senior Cadets and the Citizen Military Forces