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FORSTER, John James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 31189 |
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Enlisted: | 8 October 1916, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | HQ Education Services |
Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1896 |
Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kurri Kurri Public School, Maitland High School and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Teacher |
Died: | Natural causes, Belmont Hospital, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1984, aged 88 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Cremated - East Garden Wall 13/1 60H |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31189, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Sydney | |
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19 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31189, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
19 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31189, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
8 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
29 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, For bravery near Verbranden-Molen, Belgium during September/October 1917, under daily shelling, regularly repairing lines of communication across a distance of 600 yards so that communication was always maintained with Brigade Headquarters. | |
30 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
31 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, HQ Education Services | |
30 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, HQ Education Services | |
8 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, HQ Education Services, HT Katoomba, England for return to Australia with wife - disembarking Sydney 25 September 1919 | |
2 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, HQ Education Services |
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