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FORSYTH, Francis Davison

Service Number:	28
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 29 June 1894
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 June 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide High School The Fallen, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, The South Australian National War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 28, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 28, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
13 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Transferred from Machine Gun Section 10th Inf Bn
15 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Reverted from Driver to Private at own request.
1 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 28, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 28 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-01
1 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 28, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , multiple Shell wounds
Date unknown:	Involvement 28, 3rd Machine Gun Company

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