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FOSTER, Michael Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2563 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916, Enlisted in NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Hornsby, New South Wales, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2563, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in NSW | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2563, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2563, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Margaret Foster of St Leonards, NSW. Brother of Thomas Foster, William Foster, Jessie Foster, Richard Herbert Foster and Eve M. Foster
Husband of Clara Foster nee Richmond of Hunter Street, Hornsby, NSW. Michael and Clara married in 1901c in the Newtown area, NSW
Father of Edward R. Foster and Dorothy M.C. Foster
Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal