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FOSTER, Valentine Horace

Service Number:	6317
Enlisted:	18 October 1916, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Omeo, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Nyah, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Clifton Hill State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Water bailiff
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nyah Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6317, Bendigo, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6317, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6317, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6317, 21st Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6317 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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