Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Anthony Alexander Forrest (c. 1884 – 15 May 1901) was an Australian rules footballer and soldier who was killed in the Second Boer War. The son of Alexander Forrest, a politician and twice Mayor of Perth, he attended The High School (now Hale School) in Perth, Western Australia, and also played two games of senior football for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA). Forrest enlisted in the 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry in 1900, and was killed the following year near Carolina, Transvaal, at the age of 16. He was the first Western Australian footballer to be killed on active duty, and the only Western Australian footballer killed in the Boer War.. }
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- Anthony_Alexander_Forrest abstract "Anthony Alexander Forrest (c. 1884 – 15 May 1901) was an Australian rules footballer and soldier who was killed in the Second Boer War. The son of Alexander Forrest, a politician and twice Mayor of Perth, he attended The High School (now Hale School) in Perth, Western Australia, and also played two games of senior football for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA). Forrest enlisted in the 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry in 1900, and was killed the following year near Carolina, Transvaal, at the age of 16. He was the first Western Australian footballer to be killed on active duty, and the only Western Australian footballer killed in the Boer War.".