Henry Albert FOSTER

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Service Number:	282
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Mount Morgan, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 19 February 1893
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical Mechanic
Memorials:	Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 282, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mount Morgan, QLD
1 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 282, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 282, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
13 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 282, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wounding resulting in the loss of the right eye and evacuated to England on the 2 June 1915
8 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 282, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Joseph Henry Foster and Augusta Frances Sarah Foster nee Sykes of Mount Morgan, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on boaard HT Runic on 7 November 1915 disembarking on the 21 December 1915

Henry married Grace Evelyn Williams on 2 August 1922

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

Previously served in the cadets and the Militia