Edwin FORTE MM

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Service Number:	610
Enlisted:	19 April 1915, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Lonarch, Victoria, Australia, August 1882
Home Town:	Avoca, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Amphitheatre District Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 610, Townsville, Queensland
24 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 610, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
24 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 610, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 610, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Nov 1915:	Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli
20 May 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 610, 26th Infantry Battalion, GSW (eye)
2 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 610, 26th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages

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