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Francis Davison FORSYTH

Regimental number28
Place of birthMagill Road, North Norwood, South Australia
SchoolNorwood and Flindets Street State Schools, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressHalbury, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Linda Forsyth, Halbury, South Australia
Previous military service78 Citizen Forces, Adelaide, SA
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name10th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis Davison and Linda L. FORSYTH, Halbury, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia

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