CLARKE James Morrison Forsyth
Died 7 August 1916 Age 21
Remembered Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey
CLARKE James Morrison Forsyth
Service Record
Private 1527 Australian Infantry 1st Australian Imperial Force 6th Battalion
The 1911 Census shows that he lived at 8 Midland Terrace with his parents Caleb and Jane and his siblings John and Annie.
However, he signed up on 15th December 1914 in Sale, State of Victoria, Australia.
He died during the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey, one of the worst campaigns in WW1. Eye witness accounts of how bad it was can be heard on the Imperial War Muesum’s webpage.
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.