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Thomas Edward FOSTER

Regimental number3338
Place of birthBirmingham, England
SchoolChurch of England
Age on arrival in Australia12
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGarget Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinMrs F M Foster, Garget Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Previous military serviceCheshire Regiment, British Army, 6 years, India.
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death36
Place of burialHazebrouck Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Caroline FOSTER; husband of Mrs F.M. FOSTER. Native of Birmingham, England

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