Service number | V18085 |
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Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant Colonel |
Birth Date | 1883-02-24 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Prahran |
Death Date | 1957-09-22 |
Death Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Balwyn |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01 Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11 Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03 Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31 Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04 |
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Dempster Forbes
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1917 on page 28 at position 23
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 29 June 1917 on page 1389 at position 28
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 31 December 1918 on page 15227 at position 51
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 May 1919 on page 880 at position 77
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
-
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
-
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
-
Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 03 June 1919 on page 6793 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 19
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 04 January 1917 on page 255 at position 90
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 29 June 1917 on page 1393 at position 15
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
-
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
-
Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 01 June 1917 on page 5422 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 18
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 11 July 1919 on page 8830 at position 95
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 30 October 1919 on page 1657 at position 76
Timeline
Date of birth | 24 February 1883 | |
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Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 24 March 1915 | Appointed captain with the 21st Battalion. |
Date of enlistment | 24 March 1915 | |
Date promoted | 01 April 1915 | Appointed major. |
Date of embarkation | 08 May 1915 | |
Date of embarkation | 10 May 1915 | |
Date promoted | 01 August 1916 | Appointed lieutenant colonel. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 09 August 1916 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 14 September 1916 | |
Other units | 1916-12-24 - 1917-01-31 | Detached to 6th Brigade. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 1917 | |
Other units | 1917-02-19 - 1917-03-06 | Temporary command of the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
Other units | 29 May 1917 | Posted to the 6th Training Battalion Rollestone and took command. |
Other units | 16 July 1917 | Commanding Officer at No 2 Group. |
Other units | 07 November 1917 | Commandant 2nd Training Battalion. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 14 March 1918 | |
Other units | 19 May 1918 | Appointed to command the 19th Battalion. |
Other units | 30 May 1918 | Appointed to command the 20th Battalion. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 07 September 1918 | |
Other units | 1918-09-08 - 1918-09-23 | Appointed to command the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 24 September 1918 | |
Other units | 24 November 1918 | Temporary command 5th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
Other units | 12 January 1919 | Rejoined 20th Battalion. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 30 January 1919 | |
Other units | 17 June 1919 | Officer commanding troops HMAT Miltiades. |
Date returned to Australia | 19 June 1919 | |
Other | 12 October 1919 | AIF appointment terminated. |
Date of enlistment | 01 August 1941 | |
Date of discharge | 29 April 1944 | |
Date of death | 22 September 1957 |
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