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FORSLUND, Alfred James

Service Number:	1212
Enlisted:	5 May 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Special Memorial A6, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, East Devonport St Paul's Honour Roll, Hobart Postmaster General's Department Glorious Dead Honour Roll, Hobart Postmaster-General's Department WW1 Honour Roll, Queenstown Mount Lyell School of Mines and Industries Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1212, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1212, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1212, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Divisional Signal Company
6 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Divisional Signal Company

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred William and Sarah FORSLUND, East Devonport, Tasmania