Regimental number | 5884 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Violet Street State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Coachbuilder |
Address | Bridge Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, J.W. Forrest, Bridge Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Previous military service | 67th Infantry |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 9th Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22.12.2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on board H.M.A.T. A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bapaume, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 19), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 25 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George William and Martha FORREST, Bendigo, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother John Walter Forrest. Killed |