Foster Frederick Henry (Fos) Watkinson

  General Notes:

WW1 Embarkation Record
Watkinson, Foster Henry
Service Number: 3208
Rank/Calling: Private
Unit: 2 Pnr Bn [Pioneer Battalion] - 3 to 9 Reinforcements (June 1916 - May 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Hororata
Ship Number: A20
Date of Embarkation: 23/11/1916
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne

Foster Henry Watkinson enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 23/9/1916. His next of kin was his mother Mrs Alvina Watkinson, 504 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne.
The Certificate of Medical Examination describes Foster as: - age - 19 years and 9 months, height - 5 feet 7 and a quarter inches, weight - 120 pounds, chest measurement - 33 inches, complexion - medium, eyes - grey, hair - dark brown and religious denomination - Presbyterian. His distinctive marks: - Vac 2 left arm, birthmark - right knee and right thigh, scar - forehead.
On the 31/7/1917 Foster was admitted to hospital with appendicitis and discharged on 10/8/1917
Foster returned per “A30” from England to Australia and discharged for debility on 26/12/1917


Electoral Roll: -
1919 - 504 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Vic. - Military Staff.
1924 - Margaret Street, Camberwell - Public Service.
1931, 1936 - Panton Hill, Vic. - Clerk.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Printer.

Foster married Sybil Zulika (Bobs) Buck, daughter of Lionel Buck and Mary Helen Minchinton, in 1920 in Victoria Australia. (Sybil Zulika (Bobs) Buck was born in 1901 in Bairnsdale, Victoria Australia, died on 9 Feb 1969 in Bendigo, Victoria Australia and was buried on 12 Feb 1969 in Cremated at Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park, Victoria Australia 4th Avenue Wall Niches (North Side) Section 1 Compartment S Niche 15.)