Fergus Decimus FORBES

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Service Number:	2088
Enlisted:	6 May 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Guildford, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Rydalmere, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Camden Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

6 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2088, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2088, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2088, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Fergus Decimus FORBES was born in Guildford in New South Wales in 1896

His parents were William Stanley FORBES & Eva Marion WALLBRIDGE