FORBES, Alexander James
| Service Number: | 2160 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Memorials: | Glebe Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2160, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2160, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2160, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Forbes was a member of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21 July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training. They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915 and two days later went into the first assault on Lone Pine.
Private Alexander James Forbes was from Glebe NSW. Forbes went right through the Gallipoli campaign and the Western Front and only had a couple of minor illnesses. Alexander Forbes was returned to Australia on the 31st March 1919.