Noel Eugene FORREST

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FORREST, Noel Eugene

Service Number:	QX8803
Enlisted:	10 June 1940
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 July 1911
Home Town:	Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Department Manager
Died:	Died of Wounds, New Guinea, 10 September 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX8803, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX8803, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
10 Sep 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Noel Eugene Wales FORREST was born in Brisbane on 22nd July, 1911

His parents were David Connor FORREST & Alice Emily WALES

He married Linda Ena JOHNSON on 7th June, 1935 in St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane and she died tragically from illness 6 days later - he remarried on 8th March, 1943 to Mavis Lorraine SMITH

Noel died of wounds in New Guinea on 10th September, 1943 and is buried in the Lae Cemetery

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