GATESHEAD DURHAM
Saltwell Cemetery
John Ancrum FORSTER
Born: Newcastle -Upon-Tyne, England
John was a Able Seaman on board an emigrant ship from Liverpool to Sydney when war was declared.
The ship was commandeered by the government of the time and re-named HMAT Geelong, her fate was to sink after a collision with the S.S. Bonvilston in the Mediterranean on 1-1-1916.
Transfered ?? to 1st Australian Expeditionary Force
Died: 5-11-1914 at Sea - off Sydney, N.S.W., aged 21years
Son of Robert & Mary Elizabeth Forster
Born: Newcastle -Upon-Tyne, England
John was a Able Seaman on board an emigrant ship from Liverpool to Sydney when war was declared.
The ship was commandeered by the government of the time and re-named HMAT Geelong, her fate was to sink after a collision with the S.S. Bonvilston in the Mediterranean on 1-1-1916.
Transfered ?? to 1st Australian Expeditionary Force
Died: 5-11-1914 at Sea - off Sydney, N.S.W., aged 21years
Son of Robert & Mary Elizabeth Forster