Norman William FOSTER

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Service Number:	7785
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row B, Grave 9 Headstone inscription reads: The dearly beloved brother of Mrs. W. Mclean Sadly missed, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oxley War Memorial, Wangaratta South War Memorial, Wangaratta War Memorial

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7785, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7785, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embark HMAT Orontes at Melbourne, Victoria
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7785, 54th Infantry Battalion

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Son of George Foster and Margaret Annie Foster nee Hughes of Wangaratta, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Florence A. McLean nee Foster of Dunoon Farm, Wangaratta, Victoria. Brother of H.G. Foster and Gordon Foster

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

also served two years in the cadets