In Memory Of
FORREST, VICTOR JULIAN
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6162
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Bay 10.
Cemetery:
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Joseph Alexander and Julia Joanna Forrest, of 45, Cato St., Durban, South Africa. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916. His brother also died in service
