Leonard Norman FOSTER

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Service Number:	2152
Enlisted:	23 July 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Victoria Park, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School, Collie, Western Asutralia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, Flers, France, 13 November 1916
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block O, Plot 1, Row P, Grave 10 Headstone inscription reads: Our beloved son and brother died for Honour and Liberty , St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France, Etretat Churchyard, Etretat, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Collie High School Roll of Honor

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2152, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
1 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2152, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 28th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot to the right arm and evacuated to England on 1 August 1916
3 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 28th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the buttocks

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Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Foster of Coombe Street, Collie, WA

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

Also served in Collie Cadets, WA