Joseph George FOSTER

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Service Number:	2528
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stone Mason
Died:	Chelsea, Victoria, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Malvern St George's Anglican Church Honour Roll

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2528, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2528, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2528, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
25 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
30 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2528, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to his feet

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Son of George Foster and Mary Ann Foster nee Fernsof Ballarat, Victoria

Husband of Mary Allen Foster nee Kelley of 13 Valetta Street, Malvern, Victoria. Joseph and Mary married in Victoria during 1905

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal