Albert James FOSTER

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Service Number:	33763
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hastings, England, 1893
Home Town:	Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawmiller
Memorials:

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 33763, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
10 May 1917:	Involvement Driver, 33763, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Driver, 33763, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
17 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, In England
28 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 33763, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Emily Jane Foster of 4 Humphrey Avenue, All Saints Street, Hastings, England

Changed ranks several times between Driver and Gunner mostly at his own request

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 on board HMT Prinz Hubertus disembarking on 29 August 1919 in Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the English Artillery for about 2 years