Arthur Thomas Scott FOSTER

FOSTER, Arthur Thomas Scott

    Service Number: 2957
    Enlisted: 17 July 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Burial service was held on 1 April 1943. Exact date of death is note certain Presbyterian 5C, Zone A, Grave 9595. Also in the same grave are Dorothy Foster and Ronald Foster
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2957, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    17 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2957, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    17 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2957, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
    5 Jul 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2957, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Arthur Swale Foster and Adelaide May Foster of Leichhardt, NSW

    Husband of Bertha Iona B. Foster nee Lewis of 92 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, NSW. Arthur and Bertha married during 1912c in Sydney, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on the 22 March 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Peviously served in the Sydney Scottish Rifles for over 4 years and was discharged to get married

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