Percy Joseph FOSTER

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Service Number:	2305
Enlisted:	16 May 1916, Enlisted at Broadmeadow, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Telegraph Point, Port MacQuarie, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1898
Home Town:	Telegraph Point, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Port Macquarie Cenotaph, Telegraph Point Roll of Honour

16 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2305, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadow, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2305, 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, 2305, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
25 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, At Etaples
9 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2305, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2305, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Blair Foster and Mary Ann Foster of Telegraph Point, Point MacQuarie, NSW

During 1961 Percy was residing in Deakin Street, Auburn, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on the 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 20 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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