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In Memory of
Donald Forrest
Lance Corporal, D/71024
'A' Sqn., 12th Army Tank Regt.
Regiment: Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
who died 22 age
on 30 September 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY


Born 25 Mag 1921, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Son of Margaret Forrest, of Verdun, Province of Quebec.

Lance Corporal Donald Forrest, Three Rivers Regiment. Born on the 25th of May 1921 in Wishaw, Scotland and killed in action on the 30th of July 1943.
Donald served in the A-Squadron of the Three Rivers Regiment and was killed during the advance towards Agira. Their troop leader, "Beez" Gordon dismounted his Sherman to have face to face contact with the infantry when he was shot by a German sniper hiding in one of the buildings in Agira. He was severly wounded (but did not die on Sicily). The town was cleared by the PPCLI and later by the 231st Malta Brigade. The TRR lost four men and four tanks in Agira including Donald Forrest.

(source: "Shermans in the sun" by Andrew Scott Garrie)
Donald was born as Donald McDougall, but his father passed away in 1920. His mother then went overseas with Donald and lived with her family in Verdun (QC). When Donald's mother also passed away he was raised by his aunt Jane Huxley and uncle William Forrest. He also took their surname; Forrest. Donald had no brothers or sisters.


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Name: Forrest, Donald, D
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service: D/71024
Unit Text: 'A' Sqn., 12th Army Tank Regt.
Regiment: Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Date of Death: 30/09/1943
Age: 22
Grave Reference: D. B. 403
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
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Ontario Regiment, R.C.A.C.
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