Regimental number | 904 |
Place of birth | Colac, Victoria |
School | Colac State and Grammar Schools, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Colac, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Ernest McL. Forbes, Manifold Street, Colac, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Bombardier |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Lagnicourt, France |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Favreuil British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 18), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ernest McLennan and Annie Elizabeth FORBES, Hood Crescent, Caulfield, Victoria. Native of Colac, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 91 Sergeant Ivan Robert FORBES, 1st Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 15 February 1918; 32397 Gunner Ralph Urquhart FORBES, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, effective abroad (still overseas). |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |