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Alfred James FOSTER

Regimental number2782
Place of birthEmmaville, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressEmmaville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Mrs Florence Gorsuch, Emmaville, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name33rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 25 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularInterred Trois Arbres Cemetery
FateDied of wounds 16 July 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
122
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Annie Foster. Native of Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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