Robert Arthur FOSTER

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Service Number:	2189
Enlisted:	8 May 1916, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 10 March 1898
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	27 May 1961, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

8 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 46th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2189, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2189, 46th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Reincourt. Interned Soltau/Hameln and repatriated from Ripon
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William and Emily L. Foster of 26 Michael Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on the 22 May 1919

Medals:British War Medal, Victory Medal