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FOSTER, Charles Edwin
| Service Number: | 4777 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Durham, England, September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 10 March 1939, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 1BN, Site No: 12 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4777, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4777, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4777, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Hannah Foster
Charles Edwin Foster
The journey to war and return was an unanswered one. He was sent home on the 10th of December, 1918, a well-deserved return. There is not much known about Charles, he led a simple life as a carpenter before the war, he didn’t want attention. His mother, Mrs M Foster still lives in England where Charles was born. For what he looked like, he was in his early-30’s, he was 173 cm tall, he weighed 71.2 kgs, he had light brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
He started his career in the war as a private and ended up as a Corporal. The war was too much for Charles and he decided that he was going to give up. He wounded himself in the knee twice. The man in charge was kind enough to let him go to a hospital to. Charles then lived his life to the fullest and died peacefully in his old age.
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