Thomas Benjamin FOSTER

FOSTER, Thomas Benjamin

Service Number: 111A
Enlisted: 5 February 1915, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Australian General Hospital
Born: Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1891
Home Town: Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chemist
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World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 111A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
18 May 1915: Involvement Private, 111A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
18 May 1915: Embarked Private, 111A, 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne
14 Jul 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Australian General Hospital
31 Jan 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1st Australian General Hospital
3 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 111A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
Date unknown: Embarked Private, 111A, 1st Australian General Hospital
Date unknown: Involvement Private, 111A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Residential address at the time of enlistment was Hamilton, Victoria

Son of Rev. J.W. Foster of Penbroke, Carlow, Ireland

Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on the 5 January 1919

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