Victor Clarence FOSTER

FOSTER, Victor Clarence

    Service Number: 1945
    Enlisted: 15 January 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    East Terrace 2, Wall 13 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jan 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    13 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1945, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    13 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1945, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
    7 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound to the left ankle. Date of wounding was between 7-12 August 1915 and evacuated on 12 August 1915 for Valetta, Malta
    16 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the left hand. Embarked for England on 21 August 1916
    4 Apr 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Archibald Foster

    Next of kin given as S. Rice of the Imperial Hotel, Uralla, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 13 November 1916 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 3 January 1917

    During 1921 Victor married Jessie Summerell in the Tamworth area, NSW

    In 1967 he was residing at Sydney Road, Fairlight, NSW

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

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