Rupert Felix FOSTER

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Service Numbers:	987, 987, 4497
Enlisted:	17 March 1915, Enlisted at Rochester, Victoria
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sommerville, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Mornington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 21 December 1938, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Mornington St. Peter's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour

17 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 987, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rochester, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 987, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 987, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 25th Field Atrillery
19 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Allocated with service number 4497
9 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, From 14th Field Artillery
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 987, 4497, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Wesley Foster and Elizabeth Florence Foster nee Robinson of Mornington, Victoria

During 1919c Rupert married Adelaide Swift Blakeney in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on the 30 April 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in Swan Hill's Victorian Rangers for 3 months