Purcivilla Ernest FOSTER

FOSTER, Purcivilla Ernest

    Service Number: 3093
    Enlisted: 5 August 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 56th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Julo, Queensland, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Nyngan, Bogan, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: 26 July 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
    20 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3093, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    20 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3093, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From the 20th Battalion
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From the 56th Battalion
    4 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From the 61st Battalion
    24 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 62nd Infantry Battalion
    16 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 62nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed and invalided to the UK on 26 August 1918
    7 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
    14 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edward Foster of Nyngan, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia 11 January 1919 aboard HT Osterley disembarking on the 26 February 1919

    On 7 November 1918 Purcivilla married Margaret Kelman in the United Free Church of Scotland, 3 Windsor Terrace, Kelvin, Scotland. M. Bruce Mickleham officiated

    In 1921 he applied for assistance under the War Service Homes Act

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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