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Henry Forrest [Australia]

Name:Henry Garnet Forrest
Country:Australia
Rank:Captain
Service:Australian Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps
Squadrons:32, 43 (RFC)
2
(AFC)
Victories:11
Born:5 December 1895
Place of Birth:Melbourne, Victoria
Died:
Place of Death:
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Notes
Abandoning his job as a clerk, Forrest enlisted in the Australian infantry at the beginning of the war but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 5 December 1916. Posted to 43 Squadron on 12 May 1917, he was one of the first pilots to be sent to France. Reassigned to 32 Squadron on 31 July 1917, Forrest was injured in a crash five days later. Upon returning to duty, he joined 68 Squadron in November 1917, flying the D.H.5 until January 1918. At that time, his squadron was redesignated 2 Squadron in the Australian Flying Corps and refitted with S.E.5a fighters. As a flight commander, Forrest scored his first three victories on the afternoon of 22 March 1918. After achieving eight more victories, he was reassigned to the Home Establishment on 19 July 1918. A replica of Forrest's S.E.5a is at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia.

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