FOSTER, Francis Oliver
| Service Number: | 1390 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 21 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Moonah, Glenorchy, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2 June 1966, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremated on the 6 June 1966 |
| Memorials: | Albert Park Methodist Church WW1 HR |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 9 Sep 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1915: | Embarked Trooper, 1390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 31 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Foster and Isabella Foster nee Forscutt of Bowen Road, Moonah, Tasmania.
Brother of Charlotte Emma Margaret Appledorff nee Foste, Alice Large nee Foster, Charles Marshall Foster, George Matthew Foster, Florence Abiah Aspinal nee Foster, Thomas Foster, Telfor Jane O'Brien nee Foster, Arthur Clement Foster, Annie Forscutt Foster, Mark William Foster and Grace Isobel Young nee Foster
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 on board HT Otari disembarking on the 30 June 1919
Husband of Dorothy Lorna Foster nee Geeves. Francis and Dorothy married on the 27 December 1926 at Hobart, Tasmania
At the time of death Francis was residing at Lenah Valley, Tasmania
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal