George Edward FOSKEY

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Service Number:	6019
Enlisted:	12 April 1916, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Methodist section, Row 10, Grave 158. Interned on 10 September 1952
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Beulah Memorial Gates

12 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6019, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6019, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6019, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne
25 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Arras while wounded(groin) and interred at Dulmen, Germany
7 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6019, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Charles Foskey and Ellen Foskey nee Cooney of Moolap, Victoria formerly from Horsham, Victoria

Brother of Emily Hannah Foskey, Anastasia Foskey, Rebecca Foskeyy, William Henry Foskey, Charles Matthew Foskey and James Foskey

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c George married Myrtle Hilda Foskey in Victoria

In 1940 he was residing in Red Cliff, Victoria

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