Thomas Sherman FOSTER

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Service Numbers:	2157, N467434
Enlisted:	15 April 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parragundy, Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1897
Home Town:	Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Cleaner
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 30 October 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Lawn 3, Grave 0033
Memorials:	Bourke & District War Memorial

15 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2157, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2157, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2157, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Sydney
12 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, 2157, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Trench Feet and Frost Bite

28 Sep 1943:	Enlisted N467434, Enlisted at Arncliffe, NSW. Served with the 10th Battalion Volunteer Corps (Part time) with the rank of Gunner
28 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N467434
30 Sep 1945:	Discharged N467434, Discharged NSW. With the 10th Battalion Volunteer Corps

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Son of Thomas Goodman Foster and Agnes Foster of 'Parrgundy', Bourke, NSW. Brother of Blanche Foster, Edward C.L. Foster and Frederick F. Foster

Husband Violet May Foster nee Wyer. Thomas and Violet married during 1923 in the Sydney Area, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on the 30 August 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

At the tie of enlisting in WW2 his locality was given as Rockdale, NSW