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FORREST, Christopher Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 431 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wasleys, South Australia, 28 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Claremont State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 August 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row H, Grave 3 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated Headstone inscription reads: Ever remembered, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 431, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 431, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 431, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 28 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 431, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the shoulder |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Forrest and Emma Forrest nee Hawkes of Shenton Road, Osborne, WA. Brother of Myrtle Hawkes, George Elliot Forrest, Mary Lydia Forrest, Winnifred Forrest and Herbert William Forrest
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces with the rank of Sergeant
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