Joseph David FOSTER

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Service Number:	708
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Field Company Engineers
Born:	Oldham, England, 1876
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Master Builder
Memorials:

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 708, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 708, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 708, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
17 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 708, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Varicose Veins

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Husband of Ann Foster of 2 Foster Street, Oldham, England

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themisticles disembarking on the 9 September 1915

In April 1919 he wrote that he was returning to live at 14 Fleet Street, Clarksfield, Oldham, England

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