Alexander Forrest

Forenames

Alexander AWMM

Surname

Forrest AWMM

Service number

WWI 65844 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

31 Jul 1884 Kiwi Jocks Research

Date of birth

31-7-1884

Public - Nancy - 30 April 2018 - E.F. Form No. 2
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Attestation for general service
Zooniverse project: Measuring the anzacs

Place of birth

Glasgow Scotland

Public - Nancy - 30 April 2018 - E.F. Form No. 2
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Attestation for general service
Zooniverse project: Measuring the anzacs

Address before enlistment

Ngongetaha

Public - Nancy - 30 April 2018 - E.F. Form No. 2
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Attestation for general service
Zooniverse project: Measuring the anzacs

Next of kin

Mrs Jessie Tisley (sister), 191 Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

married

Public - Nancy - 30 April 2018 - E.F. Form No. 2
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Attestation for general service
Zooniverse project: Measuring the anzacs

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 65844 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 33rd Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Alexander Forrest was the brother of Mrs. J. Tisley, of 191 Hobson St., Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs J. Tilsley, Hobson St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

26 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM III. H. 7. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21004097
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  76: 17
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.