Louis Ivan FOSTER

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Service Number:	1937
Enlisted:	11 January 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Drysdale, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Drysdale, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Drysdale State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 7 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Drysdale Methodist Church Honor Roll, Drysdale State School No 1645 Honor Roll, Drysdale War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
13 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
30 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, France
12 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell shock (temp blindness)
7 Apr 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1937, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1937 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-07

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