Fred FOSTER

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Service Number:	1694
Enlisted:	16 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	York, England, 1886
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Joiner & Coachbuilder
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

16 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1694, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1694, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1694, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
11 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From the 19th Battalion
8 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From the 18th Battalion
30 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1694, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged t 2nd Military District

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Son of William Henry and Mary Ann Foster of Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks, England. Served his apprenticeship under his father for 7 years

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 on board HT Warwickshire disembarking on 31 May 1919

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

In May 1967 he was residing at 29 Isabel Street, Belmore, NSW