William George FOSTER

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Service Number:	2304
Enlisted:	18 May 1916, Enlisted at Port Macquarie
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Herons Creek, New South Wales, Australia , 1891
Home Town:	Telegraph Point, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New south Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated in the Port Macquarie Cemetery, NSW, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Macquarie Cenotaph, Telegraph Point Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Port Macquarie
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2304, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2304, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Son of John Blair Foster and Mary Ann Foster Hibbarb, NSW; formerly of Telegraph Point via Port Macquarie, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal