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
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