FORREST, Moritz Edward
| Service Number: | 20081 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, November 1898 |
| Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal assistant |
| Died: | Deniliquin Hospital, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Deniliquin General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Echuca High School Honor Roll, Echuca War Memorial, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20081, 5th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20081, 5th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20081, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
Spr Moritz Edward FORREST
From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Spr Moritz Edward FORREST
Regimental Number: 20081
Unit name: 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Postal assistant
Address: High Street, Echuca, Vic.
Age of Enlistment: 18 years and 7 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 22 June 1917, Melbourne, Vic.
Next of Kin: Father, Mr. Henry Brand Forrest, High Street, Echuca, Vic.
Rank on Enlistment: Sapper
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic., on board HMAT A71 Nestor, on
21 November 1917. He and his brother Henry Becher Forrest (B.2a.1b.1c) left on the same day and on the same ship. Also on the ship was Robert Hungerford Chapman (E.8.1a.8b).
Rank from Nominal Roll: Sapper
Unit from Nominal Roll: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Campaigns Served: France; Western Front
War Service/Promotions: After arriving in England, he spent time in hospital and in training. He then had several spells in hospital, interspersed with training, before arriving in Abbeville, France on 3 August 1918, then going to Rouelles, France. He was on leave briefly in March 1919. Moritz had about 6 months on the Western Front.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HMAT A37 Barambah, 3 September 1919. He married Edith Amelia Baker, 17 March 1921, St Mary's Catholic Church, Echuca, Vic.
Place of Death: 7 July 1950, Deniliquin Hospital, Deniliquin, NSW
Place of Burial: Church of England Cemetery, Deniliquin, NSW
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal
Submitted 26 July 2019 by Evan Evans
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