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Robert Carrington FORLAND

Regimental number4779
Place of birthCondobolin, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School Condobolin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCondobolin, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, J L Forland, Condobolin, New South Wales
Previous military serviceLocal Cadets
Enlistment date20 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialFromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Laurity and Elizabeth Jane FORLAND, Henry Street, Penrith, New South Wales. Native of Condobolin
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4778 Pte Sydney Conrad FORLAND, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 27 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 8), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2012) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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