Arthur Milne FOSTER

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Service Number:	5985
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Tunnelling Companies
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1 April 1925, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5985, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5985, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5985, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
4 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5985, Tunnelling Companies, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Lumbago

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Son of Robert Milne Foster and Julia Erin Foster formerly of Ballarat, Victoria

Husband of Amy Alice Foster nee Eld of Fletcher Street, West End, Townsville, QLD. Arthur and Amy married on 12 April 1902 in QLD.

Father of William George Robert Foster, Arthur Charles William Foster, Mary Julia Foster, Percy Milne Foster and Mabel Blanche Foster.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 on board HT Militades

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal