FOSTER, Joseph James
Service Number: | 2591 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Mat Maker |
Died: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2591, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2591, 5th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
23 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
18 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
26 Dec 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded and promulgated in the London Gazette, on 11 July 1919 Number 31448. Commonwealth Gazette on 30 October 1919, Number 124 | |
6 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2591, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John William Foster and Margaret Foster nee Craig of Summer Hill Road, Footscray, Victoria
At the time of enlistment his marital status was given as Widower
During 1915 Joseph married Eileen Alena Hutchins in Victoria
During 1929 Joseph remarried to Margaret Constance Shearer in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarked on the 14 May 1919
Medals: Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He had been recommended for the Meritorius Service Medal on one occasion and for Mention In Despatches four times