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Arthur Henry FORSLUND

Regimental number6559
Place of birthEast Devonport, Tasmania
Place of birthDevonport East, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelephone operator
Address23 Harrington Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 2.5"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr A Forslund, Devonport East, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Cadets.
Enlistment date4 September 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 May 1918
Place of death or woundingStrazeele
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred William and Sarah FORSLUND, East Devonport, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 44 Sapper Frederick FORSLUND, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 27 May 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 19-20 September 1917 (shrapnel wound, left shoulder)

Tried by Field General Court Martial, 4 February 1918, on charge of negligently wounding himself in the left foot; found Guilty; awarded 56 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Wounded in action, 1 May 1918 (shrapnel wound, left leg and thigh).

Died of wounds received in action, 15 Casualty Clearing station, 2 May 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FORSLUND Arthur Henry

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