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Ernest Lance FORBES

Regimental number1054
Date of birth--/08/1896
Place of birthDigby Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address252 Edward Street, Brunswick East
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Ellen Forbes, 252 Edward Street, Brunswick
Enlistment date12 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: INF24
Promotion date: 3 August 1917

Lieutenant


Unit: INF24
Promotion date: 20 August 1918

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 9 August 1916

Medaille Militaire


Conspicuous gallantry in the trenches and for attentions to wounded (Pozieres).
Recommendation date: 19 January 1917

FateReturned to Australia 15 May 1919

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