Eric FOSTER

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Service Number:	1790
Enlisted:	27 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, August 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Burial held on 20 August 1936. Roman Catholic Compartment C, Section 20, Grave 09
Memorials:

27 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1790, 58th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1790, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1790, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 58th Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1790, 60th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds mainly to the lower body. Invalided to England from Boulogne, France on 12 August 1916
29 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1790, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounds-both thighs

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Son of John Joseph Foster and Johanna Foster nee Furlong of 157 Chestnut Street, South Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 16 October 1916 on board HT Karoola disembarking on 2 December 1916 as wounded

In October 1929 Eric was residing in Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal