Thomas FORWARD

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Service Number:	1102
Enlisted:	8 October 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Efford, nr. Shobrook , Devon, England, 1884
Home Town:	Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Upton School, Exeter, England
Occupation:	Gold Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the LONE PINE MEMORIAL at Panel 14., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

8 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1102, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1102, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1102 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Enlisted and served under alias Thomas Rowdon

Son of Thomas and Anna Forward of Portland, Longdown, Exeter, England. Next of kin given as his sister Mortimore Rowdon of Teignmouth, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Births Mar 1884 Forward Thomas Edwin Crediton 5b 413.

His sister was Bertha Mortimore and she lived at 16 Salisbury Terrace , Teignmouth

Next of kin given as his sister Mortimore Rowdon of Teignmouth, England

He is honoured on the UPTON PYNE WAR MEMORIAL 1914 – 1918 in Devon.

He is also honoured on the Teignmouth War Memorial.