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FOSTER, James Gordon

Service Number:	3340
Enlisted:	20 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Casterton, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Corndale State School No 2716, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casterton Corndale State School 2716 Roll of Honor, Casterton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3340, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3340, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John and Emma FOSTER, Casterton, Victoria

A GOOD SON HE DID HIS DUTY