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FORBES, Lionel Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2261 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Normanville, South Australia, 26 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Second Valley, Yankalilla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis), Adelaide, South Australia, 17 September 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2261, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 17 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2261, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Australian Birth Index shows his name as Lyall Robert FORBES.
Lionel (Lyall) was born in Normanville to Frederick & Elizabeth Forbes nee Faulkner, he lived at Second Valley with his parents and worked as a farm labourer before enlisting on 16th March 1915.
He died in Adelaide Hospital on the 17th September 1915, 3 days after his unit the 5/27th Infantry, had embarked.
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