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FOSTER, Samuel
Personal Details
| Other Name: | Foster, Sam - AWM - Embarkation Roll |
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| Service Number: | 61 |
| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barnsley England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 61, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mrs Donson formerly Foster of Hoyland Common, Yorkshire, England
Commenced return to Australia 24 August 1918 on board HT Medic disembarked on he 13 October 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served 3 years with the British Royal Brigade