Frank Ernest FOSTER

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Service Number:	2152
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New Zealand, 1887
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2152, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2152, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
4 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 55th Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 55th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2152, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Benjamin Foster and Sarah Ann Foster of Main Street, Palmerston North, NZ

Commenceed return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orati disembarking on 9 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal