FOSTER, Edith Annie
| Service Number: | N/A |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station |
| Born: | Chelsea, London, England., 8 September 1874 |
| Home Town: | Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Carcinoma of left breast, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1949, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Anglican, Section 16, Row 8, Grave 1365. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, N/A | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
| 17 Sep 1916: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital | |
| 8 Dec 1917: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 | |
| 12 Sep 1918: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station | |
| 11 Dec 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, N/A | |
| 15 Apr 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister |
Remarkable Human Being
Edith Annie Foster arrived in Australia on the ship "ASSAYE" 3rd September 1883 with her family at 8 years of age. They departed from Plymouth. Father Charles aged 40 (Occupation Hosier), Mother Anne aged 37, brother Thomas Charles age 13, sister Florence 12, brother Ernest age 10, sister Alice age 7, sister Beatrice age 4, sister Ethel age 2 and infant brother Samuel.
Nurse Coast Hospital 1885-88, Govt Asylums Dept 1898-1901: Snr nurse Rookwood 1901-08: active service AIF WW1 Egypt, France Eng..Aust.: sister 4 Gen. Mil. Hosp. 1919-27: Matron Home of Peace for the Dying from 1927: mbr Vic. League, Anzac Fellowship of Women, Empire Serv. Club, Army Nursing Sisters, ATNA.
Sister Edith Annie Foster NURSE S 390 Joined on October 1914 - enlisted No 2 Aust. Gen. Hosp. 25th November 2014. Served Harefield England, Abbeville and Rouen France.
Submitted 25 February 2020 by Mary Foster
Biography contributed by Mary Foster
Daughter and one of ten children of Charles Foster and Anne Footner Foster (nee Standen).
Immigrated to Sydney from England with family on the ship "Assaye" 3rd September 1883.
Eldest brother was Sergeant Thomas Charles Foster (12/10/1869 - 21/06/1916) - Service number 2201 - Hospital Transport Corps.
Aunty to A.I.F. Private Ernest Victor Foster (06/07/1897 - 09/03/1958) - Service number 1902 - 57th Infantry Battalion.- enlisted aged 18 years and 6 months - claimed he was 21 years old at enlistment.
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