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FORSTER, Charles Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7987 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1918, Hobart, Tas. (prev served in RAGA). |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 16 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Trinity Hill State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Coach Builder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Jeancourt, France, 23 September 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Hobart Swan Street Methodist Church and Sunday School Pictorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7987, 12th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tas. (prev served in RAGA). | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Private, 7987, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Private, 7987, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 23 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7987, 12th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Hindenburg Outpost Line at Jeancourt. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
7987 Private Charles Walter Forster, 12th Battalion. A coachbuilder of Hobart, Tasmania, he enlisted on 10 January 1918 and embarked on the HMAT Nestor with the 27th Reinforcements. He was killed in action at Jeancourt, France on 23 September 1918, aged 20.
Source: AWM P04930.001
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