FOERSTER, Arthur J.
Born: 1893, Tavistock, ON
Died: 1926, Toronto, ON
C.O.T.C.
Attended: Tavistock Public, Stratford Collegiate Institute, University of Toronto; graduated from Ontario College of Education
Enlisted: 1917
Served: Siberia
Discharged: Returned from overseas May 5th 1919
After the War: In 1919 he was appointed to the staff of Windsor Collegiate Institute
Family: Parents - George V. Foerster (died February 25th 1925, 67 years, 11 months, 25 days) and Catherine -Ebel (died October 13th 193-3, 75 years, 7 months, 12 days)
Siblings - Bertha Marie Foerster, 1882-1944; Emma H. Foerster, 1886-1979; Dorothy Martha Catherine Foerster, 1901-1989
Married Erma Lorraine Shortt (1893-1926) in August 1925
Comments: Arthur enlisted when he was 24. He received his secondary education at Stratford Collegiate Institute. He graduated from University of Toronto in 1914 with first class honours in mathematics and received his M.A. degree the following year. In 1916 he graduated from the Ontario College of Education and was appointed Mathematical Master in Moose Jaw Collegiate Institute, where he taught for 2 years. He then enlisted in the C.O.T.C. and proceeded with the Canadian troops to Siberia, where he remained until the Armistice. In September 1919 he was appointed to the staff of Windsor Collegiate, which position he held until his death.