Eric Sivill FOSTER

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Service Number:	6790
Enlisted:	22 November 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Division Signals
Born:	Berny, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Patternmaker
Memorials:

22 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6790, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6790, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6790, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
20 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Division Signals, From 1st Divisional Signals
1 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Division Signals, In France
19 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6790, 3rd Division Signals, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Arthur Swale Foster and Adelaide M. Foster of 91 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 on board HT Nestor disembarking on the 4 July 1919

During 1924c Eric married Edith M. Glendenning in the Parramatta area, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a three apprenticeship for Patternmaking with J.M. Hall