Joseph James FOSTER MID

FOSTER, Joseph James

Service Number: 2591
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
Memorials:
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

19 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
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

Help us honour Joseph James Foster's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography 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

Read more...