William Luke FOSTER

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Service Number:	1776
Enlisted:	7 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, England, 1889
Home Town:	Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

7 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1776, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1776, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1776, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
10 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, In the field. From the 60th Battalion
15 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1776, 59th Infantry Battalion, Slight wound to the left leg
16 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion, In France
1 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion, To 15th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, England
13 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1776, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Neurasthenia

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Son of Thomas Foster and Mary Foster nee Smart of Victoria

Husband of Mary Foster of 33 Havelock Street, St Kilda, Victoria formerly of 'Holmelynn', Hebburn-on-Lyne, England

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Ruahine disembarking at Sydney for onward travel to Melbourne

In 1925 he was residing Albert Street, Preston, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Apprenticed to Robert Stephenson of Newcastle, England for five years