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FORSTER, Charles Stanley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1126 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Goondi, Johnstone River, Queensland, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Analytical Chemist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1126, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1126, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1126, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Edward and Grace Isabel Forster of Wyuna Road, Point Piper, NSW formerly of Merlin Street, North Sydney, NSW
At the time of enlistment he was employed with Colonial Sugar Refining Company
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously serve in the Cadets and Militia