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FOSTER, Thomas Arthur Benjamin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 19237 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland Australia, 30 December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical Fitter |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19237, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 3 Sep 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 19237, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Sep 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 19237, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 30 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 19237, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis Henry Robert Foster and Eliza Foster nee Dixon of Dalby, QLD
Husband of Lilian Foster nee Joesbury of 'Orchan', Fletcher Street, Bondi, NSW. Thomas and Lilian married during 1912 in the Ashfield area, NSW. Father of Arthur J. Foster and Dorothy Foster
Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Essex disembarking at Sydney, NSW on 30 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal