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FORREST, Andrew Frederick
(Service number 21813)

Aliases Frederick
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin James FORREST (father), Saint Andrews, South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date 21 August 1916
Transport Mokoia
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 11 March 1963 Age 71 years
Place of Death Kohika, St Andrews
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 140, Plot 137
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Andrew Frederick Forrest was the son of James and Alice Sophia Forrest, and a brother of Robert Henry Forrest.

Sources

Auckland War Memorlai Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [28 December 2016]

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