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Military service
Service number:
29518
Age:
30
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
October 11, 1884
Methlick, Aberdeen, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 21, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 27, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 57.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Mary A. Forbes, of Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland. Sergeant Forbes was employed for 5 years as Water Inspector with Canadian Pacific Railway in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Sergeant Henry William Forbes
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Mémorial
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Inscription
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry William Forbes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Henry William Forbes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 14 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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