FOSTER, Samuel
| Service Numbers: | 61, 3740 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barnsley, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | 1 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3740, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
| 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: '' | |
| 30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3740, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From the 15th Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3740, 47th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From the 19th Battalion | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion, From the 63rd Battalion | |
| 8 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Ellen Foster of Byron Street, Bulimba, QLD later of New Farm, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 13 August 1918 aboard HT Carpentaria disembarking at the 3rd Military District on 3 October 1918 for onwar travel to QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Militia for 3 years and the Yorkeshire Light Infantry
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mrs Donson formerly Foster of Hoyland Common, Yorkshire, England
Commenced return to Australia 24 August 1918 on board HT Medic disembarked on he 13 October 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served 3 years with the British Royal Brigade
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