James Arthur FOSTER

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Service Number:	5092
Enlisted:	9 February 1916, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, England, 1897
Home Town:	Goroke, West Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Memorials:

9 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5092, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5092, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5092, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
19 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir from the 6th Battalion
22 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
24 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5092, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, England. Demobilised

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Son of Sarah Foster of Hoston Street, Birkenhead, England

In 1923 he was residing at Tennyson Street, East Malvern

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal