Thomas Charters FORBES

Regimental number6598
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolAlbert Park State School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address37 Greig Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Matthew Forbes, 37 Greig Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service51st Infantry
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 2 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialReninghelst New Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 1), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Agnes FORBES, 28 St. Vincent Street, South Melbourne. Native of Richmond, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncle Archibald Hinchelwood