Harcourt Livingstone FOSTER

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FOSTER, Harcourt Livingstone

Service Number:	581
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Gisborne, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia.
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gisborne St. Paul's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Gisborne War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nathalia Rock and Chain Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1914:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, From the the 14th Battalion. Rank changed to Sapper
23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 581, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 581, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 581, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
24 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 581, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 581, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, No details. Evacuated to Mudros. Rejoined unit 19 September 1915.
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company, At Tel-el-Kebir from 3rd Divisional Signal Company
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 581, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Bullecourt (First)
24 Sep 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 581, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 581 awm_unit: 4th Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-09-24

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Charles Foster and Maria Jane Foster nee Williams of Nathalia, Moira, Victoria

Husband of Frances Emma Foster nee Bartrop of 'Coonangalt', Gisborne, Victoria later of 4 Washington Street, Essendon, Victoria. George and Frances were married in Victoria during 1914. Father of Kathleen Foster

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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