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FOSTER, Alfred Rayner
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 946 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1914, Enlisted in the Oaklands barracks in South Australia. He was 29 years old. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop |
| Born: | Jamestown, South Australia, 17 December 1885 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay - South Australia, Australia, 4 August 1976, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Streaky Bay War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 946, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted in the Oaklands barracks in South Australia. He was 29 years old. | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 946, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 946, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 946, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 946, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations | |
| 15 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 946, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Disembarked Suez Canal aboard the HT Wiltshire to Melbourne. |
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