Service number | V18085 |
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Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant Colonel |
Birth Date | 24/02/1883 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Prahran |
Death Date | 22/09/1957 |
Death Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Balwyn |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Dempster Forbes
Rolls
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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
- 21st 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 (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
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 20th 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
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 20th 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
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Honours and Awards:
- 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
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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
- 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
- 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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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 24/02/1883 | |
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Date of embarkation | 08/05/1915 | |
Date of enlistment | 24/03/1915 | |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 24/03/1915 | Appointed captain with the 21st Battalion. |
Date of embarkation | 10/05/1915 | |
Date promoted | 01/04/1915 | Appointed major. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 09/08/1916 | |
Other units | 1916-12-24 - 1917-01-31 | Detached to 6th Brigade. |
Date promoted | 01/08/1916 | Appointed lieutenant colonel. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 14/09/1916 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 1917 | |
Other units | 16/07/1917 | Commanding Officer at No 2 Group. |
Other units | 29/05/1917 | Posted to the 6th Training Battalion Rollestone and took command. |
Other units | 07/11/1917 | Commandant 2nd Training Battalion. |
Other units | 1917-02-19 - 1917-03-06 | Temporary command of the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
Other units | 1918-09-08 - 1918-09-23 | Appointed to command the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 07/09/1918 | |
Other units | 24/11/1918 | Temporary command 5th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
Other units | 19/05/1918 | Appointed to command the 19th Battalion. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 24/09/1918 | |
Other units | 30/05/1918 | Appointed to command the 20th Battalion. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 14/03/1918 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 30/01/1919 | |
Other | 12/10/1919 | AIF appointment terminated. |
Other units | 12/01/1919 | Rejoined 20th Battalion. |
Other units | 17/06/1919 | Officer commanding troops HMAT Miltiades. |
Date returned to Australia | 19/06/1919 | |
Date of enlistment | 01/08/1941 | |
Date of discharge | 29/04/1944 | |
Date of death | 22/09/1957 |
Related information
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Related Objects
- Croydon, Victoria. Informal portrait of R A Forbes, probably Robert Arthur Forbes, Mayor of ...
- Forbes, Frederick William Dempster (Lieutenant Colonel, DSO, b.1883 - d.1957)
- General Service tube whistle : Major F W D Forbes, 21 Battalion, AIF
- 'Thunderer' General Service whistle : Major F W D Forbes, 21 Battalion, AIF