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Charles Stanley FORSTER

Regimental number1126
Place of birthGoondi, Johnstone River, North Queensland
SchoolSydney Grammar School
Other trainingServed in Cadet Force for about 4 years and the Citizens Forces for 2 years.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationChemist
AddressMerlin Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, C E Forster, Merlin Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Militia
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Place of enlistmentRosebery Park, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*date of fate should be 6th to 9th
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli
Date of death6 August 1915
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 22), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Edward and Grace Isabel FORSTER, Wyuna Road, Point Piper, Sydney. Native of Goondi, Queensland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 20 October 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Admitted to No. 25 Casualty Clearing Station with illness, Imbros, 14 July 1915 ('not yet diagnosed').

Rejoined 4th Bn, Gallipoli, 19 July 1915.

Reported missing in action, Gallipoli, 6-9 August 1915.

Reported killed in action, Gallipoli, 6-9 August 1915; buried at Lone Pine.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FORSTER Charles Stanley

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