FORBES, Alexander Moore
| Service Numbers: | Officer, WX33753 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Student Cadet, Soldier |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 20 January 1961, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Brigadier, WX33753 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
The military career of Alexander Forbes commenced at Royal Military College, Duntroon in June 1911. He was part of the first intake of students.
Staff Cadet Forbes' proved to be an exceptional student at all levels and became the first cadet to be promoted, achhieveing the rank of Acting Lance Corporal - on 1 July 1911. A further promotion followed on 1 February 1914 when he was appointed the first Battalion Sergeant Major of the Corps of Staff Cadets.
Following the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, BSM Forbes, along with the other members of his class,was specially graduated for active service with the Australian Imperial Force, on 14 August 1914. In 1917 the then Captain Forbes was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and in 1918, having reached the rank of Major, was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. He returned to Duntroon following the end of WWI and was Adjutant of RMC from 1921 to 1922. In 1938 he was the organiser of the unveiling ceremony of the Villers-Bretonneux War Memorial by His Majesty King George VI and was appointed as a member of the Royal Victorian Order for service to the Crown. He continued to serve throughout World War 11 and reached the rank of Brigadier.
He retired on 1 December 1946. At the Jubilee Parade in 1961 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Royal Military College, Brigadier Forbes' Sword of Honour was presented to the Corps of Staff Cadets by his son, Dr Alexander James Forbes, CMG, MC.
Source: The Duntroon Society: Newsletter 2 April 1990
Biography contributed by Roderick Besier
RI: Alexander Moore Forbes, Death Notice. Death, 20.01.1961, at Adelaide. SMH 21.01.1961.
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