Colin Graham FORREST MC

FORREST, Colin Graham

    Service Numbers: 102, Commissioned Officer
    Enlisted: 8 August 1914, 5th Battalion, Melbourne
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom, August 1892
    Home Town: Glenferrie, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Motor Cycle Accident, Melbourne, 22 February 1920
    Cemetery: Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 102, 5th Infantry Battalion, 5th Battalion, Melbourne
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 102, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 102, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    2 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion
    7 May 1915: Wounded 102, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, gsw lEFT lEG
    7 May 1915: Wounded 102, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    7 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 102, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW R leg evacuated to Malta then UK
    17 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion, In Egypt
    27 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion
    9 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Division Cyclist Company
    17 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 102, 5th Divisional Cyclist Company, Embark from Alexandria for Marseilles to join BEF
    13 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion
    23 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
    1 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 102, 57th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line
    11 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, EEvacuated to the UK
    21 Aug 1917: Honoured Military Cross, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a bombing party with great gallantry, and established a block which he held for twenty-seven hours, thereby enabling a valuable part of the line to be connected.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 133 Date: 21 August 1917 Recommendation Date 19 February 1917
    18 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion, Detached as Bombing Officer to 5th Div HQ then 15th Inf Bde.

    Awarsded the Military Cross


    'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a bombing party with great gallantry, and established a block which he held for twenty-seven hours, thereby enabling a valuable part of the line to be connected.'
    Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 133
    Date: 21 August 1917

    Submitted 12 October 2025 by Steve Larkins

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