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FORREST, Archibald James

Service Number:	3046
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1882
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	"The Monument" Cloncurry, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cloncurry & District, Cloncurry War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3046, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3046, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
1 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3046, 15th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3046 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-01

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