Walter FOSTER

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Service Number:	2803
Enlisted:	6 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Capetown, South Africa, 1885
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Interned on the 29 June 1937. Plot 14, Zone D, Grave 5320
Memorials:

6 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2803, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2803, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2803, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2803, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand and evacuated to England on 29 August 1918
10 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2803, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged from the 1st Military District as wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was Grey Street, South Brisbane, QLD

Next of kin given as a friend Agnes Ann Bradley of Wickham Street, Gympie, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking at Melbourne on 8 Febuary 1919 for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal