James FOSTER

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Service Number:	1543
Enlisted:	10 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Yass, Yass Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1543, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Warwick, NSW
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1543, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1543, 7th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
9 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From 7th Light Horse Regiment
24 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment, From the 2nd Light Horse Regiment
2 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1543, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John and Sarah Foster of Yass, NSW

Husband of Annie Isobel Elsie Foster nee Stott of Bathurst, NSW. James and Annie married during 1904 in the Ashfield area, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 17 July 1919 abod HT Dunluce Castle disembarking on 30 August 1919

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