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FORREST, Andrew Archibald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 136 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Townsville |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | "The Monument" Cloncurry, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Queenton State School Roll of Honour, Cloncurry & District, Cloncurry War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 136, Townsville | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 136, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 136, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 136, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 136 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Andrew Archibald FORREST ws born in Charters Towers, Queensland on 20th December, 1894
His parents were Peter FORREST & Jane Elizabeth GRAHAM
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