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FORREST, John Gilbert

Service Number:	VX53389
Enlisted:	12 January 1940, Mildura, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Mildura, Vic., 15 December 1918
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Mildura High School
Occupation:	Shed Hand
Died:	Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX53389
12 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX53389, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Mildura, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Herbert Paganetti Forrest and Ethel May Forrest, of Mildura, Victoria.