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FOSTER, Samuel James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3967 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Staffordshire, England, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3967, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3967, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3967, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3967, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3967, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 16 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3967, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Mary Ellen Foster nee Driscoll of Fitzroy, Victoria. Samuel and Mary were married during 1906 in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 2 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served as a volunteer in the Victorian Rangers