Isaac James FOSTER

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Service Number:	2619
Enlisted:	30 July 1915, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mosquito Island, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coppersmith
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Paul's Church Stockton HR, Stockton Morison & Bearby Ltd. Honour Roll, Stockton Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

30 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2619, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2619, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2619, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, From the 19th Battalion
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2619, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2619 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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Son of Charles Henry Foster and Mary Ellen Foster of Hereford Street, Stockton, NSW

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

Served his 5 year apprenticeship with Morrison and Bearly

Previously served in the Naval Reserve for 4 years