Kenneth Vincent FOSTER

FOSTER, Kenneth Vincent

    Service Numbers: 4082, 4082A
    Enlisted: 15 January 1917, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW Re-allocated service number 4082A on 13 February 1918
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Mount Vincent, New South Wales, Australia, 23 December 1898
    Home Town: Mount Vincent, New South Wales
    Schooling: Mulbring Public School and Maitland Boys' High School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Student
    Died: Natural causes, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 27 January 1922, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Mulbring Uniting Church Cemetery, New South Wales
    Memorials: Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Mulbring Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4082, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW Re-allocated service number 4082A on 13 February 1918
    16 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 4082, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 4082, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    16 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4082A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Vincent Foster and Sophie Foster nee Andrews of Mount Vincent, East Maitland, NSW. Brother of Raymond C. Foster, Aubrey C. Foster, Gladys M. Foster and Bertie M. Foster

    On 11 January 1919 he was admitted to the Birmingham Hospital with a fractured fibula

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 on board HT Shropshire disembarking on the 17 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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