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Military service
Service number:
V/33125
Age:
29
Rank:
Engine Room Artificer
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Louisburg
Birth:
May 12, 1913
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
August 4, 1941
Montreal, Québec
Death:
February 6, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10.
Additional information
Son of William P. and Maud Mae (née Simser) Forrest, of Montreal, Quebec; brother of William and Gladys. He was the loving husband of Valerie Olive (née Dingle)Forrest, of Montreal, Quebec. Father of Jeffrey George and Judith Priscilla. Prior to enlistment, Engine Room Artificer Forrrest was in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway as a 'call-boy'. The basic prerequisite for the job was to own a bicycle. His responsibilities were to go around ringing doorbells, at the homes of train crews, to advise them that there presence was required to be on duty as a certain time. (Telephones were not as ubiquitous as they are now.) He then worked his way into the CPR shops in the 'Montreal Terminals' region of the CPR. Having a strong mechanical aptitude, he apprenticed and became a 'Fitter' or journeyman steam fitter. He earned his certification while working at the 'Outrement' shops and roundhouse. His apprentice certificate was issued on January 12, 1940. It states that he served his apprenticing years from May 14, 1930 to May 20, 1936.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 160 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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