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FORREST, Waldin William
| Service Number: | 8418 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wasleys, SA, Australia, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Memorials: | Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Wasleys and District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8418, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , at Adelaide | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8418, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8418, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 8418 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 8418 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
William was born in February 1896 in Wasleys, South Australia. He was a motor mechanic before enlisting in September 1915 making him 19 and 8 months old. William had no wife and children when he enlisted. He was 5 feet and 8 ½ inches tall and weighed 150lbs
He enlisted in September 1915. He embarked from Australia in November 1915 on the H.J Eboe.
William went to the hospital in France because of problems with his feet and spent the first half of 1917 in hospital. Otherwise he served out the war with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia on the Sardinia in April 1919.
No details are known of his later life.
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