Samuel FOSTER

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Service Number:	3740
Enlisted:	20 August 1915
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sheffield England, 3 October 1882
Home Town:	Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Cerebral Hemorrhage, 5 April 1948, aged 65 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Enoggera Shire Council Roll of Honour WW1, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor

20 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3740, 15th Infantry Battalion
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3740, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3740, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 3740, 47th Infantry Battalion

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Husband of Ellen Foster of Byron Street, Bulimba, QLD later of New Farm, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served for 6 years in the 3rd Bn (Militia), Yorkshire Light Infantry.