Charles Edward FOSTER

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Service Numbers:	196 , 196
Enlisted:	2 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 1891
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

2 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 196 , 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 196, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 196, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
30 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 196 , 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the left leg and arm
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 196 , 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Bullet wounds to the chest, left arm and shoulder
3 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 196 , 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Next of kin given as Mrs Richard Demand of 'Rock View', Eddingstone Road, Bexley, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918 on board HT Field Marshall disembarking on 22 May 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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