Albert Arthur FOSTER

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Service Number:	1944
Enlisted:	26 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Doncaster, England, 1896
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Memorials:

26 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company, From 54th Battalion
29 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company
28 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company, In France
1 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 14th Machine Gun Company
23 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1944, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of A. Foster of 752 Ecclesall Road, Encliffe, Sheffield, England

Commenced return to Australia on 13 January 1919 on board HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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