CAMERON, Andrew Forrester
| Service Number: | QX15193 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1901 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph Linesman |
| Died: | Illness, New South Wales, Australia , 21 May 1944, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
East Lismore (Lismore) General Cemetery Burial reference: -Presbyterian Plot Section 13C Grave 17. Personal inscription: - "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, QX15193 | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX15193 | |
| 20 Jan 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Alexander Cameron and Hughina Forrester married 12th November 1873 in Newstead, Victoria.
Wife: - Josephine Matilda Cameron, of Darlinghurst.
Trove: - Northern Star, Lismore, Mon 22 May 1944 - Page 4
OBITUARY MR. A. F. CAMERON
The death occurred suddenly at his home in Lismore yesterday morning: of Mr. Andrew Forrester Cameron, of 7 Oakley Avenue, Lismore. Mr. Cameron was born at
Ascot Vale (Victoria), where he lived until 1914. when he enlisted in the A.I.P., in which he served four years, three of them abroad. After his discharge in 1919 he lived in Sydney for six years. He then went to Brisbane and lived there until 1940, when he enlisted in the A.I.P. as an engineer. He received his discharge from the Armv six months ago, and married Josephine Matilda Dickson. He then came to Lismore. where he
had since resided. Six weeks ago he enlisted in the R.A.A.F. and was awaiting: his call. Mr. Cameron is survived by a widow and two step-children. Jack Dickson (Kvosle) and Kay Dickson (Lismore) . The ' funeral will move from St. Paul's Presbyterian
Church. Lismore, to-day, following a service, commencing at 11 a.m;for the Lismore cemetery.
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