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FORWARD, Kenneth Ernest

Service Numbers:	52930, WX10869
Enlisted:	21 January 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Born:	Northam, Western Australia, Australia, 4 April 1899
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Grass Valley School, Northam, Western Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Died whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Hainan Island, China, 5 September 1945, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Yokohama War Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Northam Fallen

World War 1 Service

18 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 52930, Light Horse Reinforcements, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Kenneth served in both World Wars. He enlisted for WW1 on Feb 18 1918 & left Sydney June 18 1918 destined for Suez. He arrived in Suez July 17 1918 for service in Egypt, after a being deployed in the Middle East for the next 12 months, illness saw him return to Australia as medically unfit on the 19th April 1919. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal.

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX10869
21 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 104 Light Aid Detachment, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Australian Army.
21 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10869
3 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Private Kenneth Ernest Forward Died as a Prisoner of War at the Bakli Bay Camp, Hainan Island on 4th September 1945.

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