James Uriah FOSTER

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Service Number:	4406
Enlisted:	29 November 1915, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	10th Field Ambulance
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chemist
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1930, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Presbyterian section 5E, Zone A, 499 Interred on the 17 March 19390
Memorials:

29 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4406, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement 4406, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked 4406, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
7 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 15th Field Ambulance
23 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 10th Field Ambulance
14 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4406, 10th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Uriah and Harriett A. Foster of 'Loch Lomond', Orange Street, Randwick, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Karachi as nursing staff disembarking on the 25 October 1918

During 1922 John married Olga Morton in the Hurstville area, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Apprenticed to W.J. Woods of Enmore Street, Newtown, NSW