FORSTER, Andrew Forrester
| Service Number: | 174 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brownkurnerm [sic] Nicholforest Cumberland, England, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Stranraer High School. |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 17 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot I. Row H. Grave 3. , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 174, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 174, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1887 Forster Andrew Forrester Longtown 10b 455.
Emigrated aged 22.
He and his brother, Lieutenant William Forster, 21st Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F., who was killed in action at Bullicourt, France on 3 May 1917, aged 25, are commemorated on the Inch War Memorial. This memorial is set into the right hand side of the main entrance of Inch Parish Church, Castle Kennedy, Stranraer, Wigtownshire. The church is around 2 miles from Stranraer just off the main road to Dumfries. The plaque is cast in bronze. The rope in the photo is attached to the church bell. It lists 32 names from the First World War only listed by surname, forenames and Regiment. It gives no dates or ranks.
They were sons of William and Ellen Forster, of Mains of Larg, Newluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
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