Charles William FOSTER MID

FOSTER, Charles William

    Service Numbers: 74 , 74
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: North Curry, England, 1880
    Home Town: Coledale, Wollongong, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: New South Wales, Australia , 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 74 , 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    19 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked 74, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement 74, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    6 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
    11 Dec 1915: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Mentioned in Dispatches for actions during operations at the Dardenelles London Gazette 28 January 1916, page 1208, position 65 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 April 1916,page 861, position 146
    12 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Battalion
    29 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Coledale, NSW. Father of Ronald Charles William Foster of Hornsby Heights, NSW and Mrs T. Soden nee Foster

    Son of George Henry Foster of North Curry, via Tauton, Somerset, England

    Medals: Menitoned in Dispatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    While residing in England he served with the 2nd Somerset Light Infantry

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