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FOSTER, Edwin Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 892 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1914, Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Tully, Queensland, Australia, 8 May 1971, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tully Cemetery, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ballina Municipal Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 892, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 892, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 892, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 892, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 892, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW (arm) | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Imprisoned The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 892, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 19 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 892, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of William Daniel and Eliza Foster of Ballina, NSW.
Landed at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915. Taken POW by the Turks at Lone Pine on 08 Aug 1915.
Died on 08 May 1971 at Tully (Q) and is interred in the Tully Cemetery, North Queensland.
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