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Name	Charles Edward Forster
Born	1854 Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 July, 1920 (aged ~ 66) Point Piper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Forster, Charles Stanley (son) Forster, Eliza Jane (mother) Forster, Baby (sister) Forster, John Gregory (half-brother) Forster, Herbert Cyril (half-brother) Rutledge, Martha (aunt) Forster, Thomas (grandfather) Rutledge, Alice Louisa (niece) Rutledge, Edward Knox (nephew) Rutledge, Alice Louisa (cousin) Rutledge, Edward Knox (cousin)
Education *	Sydney Grammar School (student, 1869-1872) University of Sydney (student, 1873-1875)
Occupation or Descriptor *	civil engineer (1878-1883) New South Wales, Australia civil engineer (1890-1906) Queensland, Australia sugar refiner (1890-1906) Queensland, Australia
Clubs *	Australian Club (Sydney) (member, ?-1920)
Workplaces *	Colonial Sugar Refining Co (manager)

* Dates are approximate

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