Wallace Henry FOSTER

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Service Numbers:	2894, 2894A
Enlisted:	22 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Wolumla, Bega Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Eden, New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

22 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2894, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
26 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2894, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2894, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
4 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, From the 53rd Battalion. 'A' to his service number 2894
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2894A, 19th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the back and evacuated to England on 15 May 1917
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, Transferred being from AWOL from the 19th Battalion
26 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, From the 17th Battalion
29 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2894A, Discharged 2nd Military District

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Son of Richard and Mary J. Foster of Wolumla, NSW formerly of Cooma, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on the 30 October 1919

During 1921 Wallace married Margaret D. Young in the Eden area, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal