Frederick Forrest

Frederick Forrest
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Caulfield
In office 9 April 1927 – 20 October 1930
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Harold Luxton
Personal details
Born	9 April 1877 Berlin, Victoria
Died	20 October 1930 (aged 53) East Melbourne, Victoria
Resting place	Brighton Cemetery
Political party	Australian Liberal Party
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1900–1930
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Commands	10th Field Artillery Brigade (1926–30) 110th Howitzer Battery (1917)
Battles/wars	First World War Gallipoli Campaign Western Front Battle of Passchendaele
Awards	Military Cross

Frederick Edward Forrest MC (9 April 1877 – 20 October 1930) was an Australian soldier and politician.

He was born in Berlin, Victoria, to miner Edward James Forrest and Cecelia Hannah Atchison. He worked in Queensland and joined the volunteer defence forces in Victoria before moving to Launceston. On 14 September 1904 he married Bertha Ada Graham, with whom he had three children. During the First World War he served with the 7th Battalion and artillery units, and was wounded at Gallipoli and Passchendaele, winning the Military Cross. After the war he was secretary of the Tasmanian Returned and Services League (RSL) from 1919 to 1921, and from 1921 to 1924 he was the RSL's general secretary. In 1924 he returned to Melbourne, becoming an estate agent, although he remained a lieutenant colonel in the Citizen Military Forces. In 1927 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Caulfield, representing the new Australian Liberal Party. Re-elected as a Liberal in 1929, he died in East Melbourne in 1930.^[1]

References

1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Forrest, Frederick Edward". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 January 2016.