| Full Name: |
Frederick William Duncan Forbes |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Gunner |
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| Forename(s): |
Frederick William Duncan |
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| Surname: |
Forbes |
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| Also Known As: |
Fred |
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| War: |
South African War, 1899-1902 |
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| Serial No.: |
2365 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Spylew, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
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| Religion: |
Presbyterian |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Miner |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Mary Anna Scott (sister), Spylew, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Spylew, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
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| Physical Description: |
- Height: 5 foot 10 Inches
- Weight: 11 stone 12 pounds
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| Enlistment Date: |
30 March 1900 |
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| Age on Enlistment: |
22 |
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| Military District: |
Thames |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
5th Contingent |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
5 Contingent, 11 Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
31 March 1900 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Vessel: |
Maori |
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| Destination: |
Beira, Portuguese East Africa (27 April 1900) |
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| Other Units: |
1 New Zealand Battery, Rhodesian Field Force Artillery |
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| Military Awards: |
Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 Clasps) |
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| Wounds and Diseases: |
Pneumonia |
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| Last Unit Served: |
5 New Zealand Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: |
Hospital, Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
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| Date of Death: |
12 July 1901 |
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| Age at Death: |
24 |
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| Year of Death: |
1901 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Pneumonia |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Northern Cemetery, Lovelock Ave, North Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Grave Reference: |
Section 7, Block 10, Plot 13 |
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| Memorial Name: |
- Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand
- South Africa War Memorial, Victoria Park, Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand
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| Obituary: |
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 July 1901, page 5 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Father: William Forbes (Writer, Edinburgh)
- Mother: Mary Aitken Scott
- Miner, Pollen Street, Thames
- Gunner W. F. Forbes received a military funeral on 15 July 1901. Dense crowds lined the streets to watch his coffin pass by on a 'B' Battery gun carriage. Returned to New Zealand on "Tagus" (ship) 11 July 1901
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| Description of Image: |
- Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, detail, 1st - 7th Contingents, (photo J. Halpin September 2011)
- Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, (photo J. Halpin September 2011)
- Roll of Honour, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, detail, commemoration panel (photo J. Halpin September 2011)
- Albert Park, (NZ Battery, Royal Artillery), South African War Memorial, Auckland (photo J.Halpin November 2011)
- Albert Park, (NZ Battery, Royal Artillery), South African War Memorial, Auckland dedication, names of those who died 1900-1, sculpture water spout and font (photo J.Halpin November 2011)
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Further References: |
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| Sources Used: |
- Military Service Record
- Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war. (6th ed.) Hamilton, N.Z.: The Author.
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