George Brooke FORSTER

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1861
Home Town:	Picton, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling:	The King's School, Paramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Manager
Died:	Killed in Action, Bethel, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 10 December 1901
Cemetery:	Germiston (Primrose) Cemetery
Memorials:	Parramatta Boer War Memorial, Sydney St. James Anglican Church 2nd Regiment Mounted Rifles Boer War Memorial Window and Plaque

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant
15 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
17 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Western and Eastern Transvaal.
17 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
10 Dec 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, K.I.A.

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