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FOSTER, Thomas Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3054 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Buckfastleigh, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Meckering, Cunderdin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Northam, Western Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3054, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3054, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3054, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 31 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3054, 11th Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to the left foot and invalided to England | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3054, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wounded second occasion. Severe gunshot wound to the face and neck. Invalided to England on 25 September 1917 | |
| 23 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3054, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded Rank of Sergeant was temporary |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the tme of enlistment his residential address was Hope Farm, Meckering, WA
Son of Alice Pearse Holme of Ashburton, Devonshire, England
Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on the 20 January 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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