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Albert Henry FORSTER

Regimental number291
Place of birthLewisham, Kent, England
SchoolBoard School, England
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFlint Street, North Ipswich, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMrs Alice Forster, Flint Street, North Ipswich, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed 7 years in Gordon Highlanders
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Place of death or woundingGommocourt Wood
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 (Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 41), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Sarah Ellen FORSTER; husband of Alice FORSTER, Shorn Street, Ipswich, Queensland. Native of Lewisham, London, England

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