Frederick Edward Forrest MC (9 April 1877 – 20 October 1930) was an Australian soldier and politician.
He was born in Rheola, Victoria, to miner Edward James Forrest and Cecelia Hannah Atchison.
During the First World War he served with the 7th Battalion and artillery units, and was wounded at Gallipoli and Passchendaele, winning the Military Cross.
In 1924 he returned to Melbourne, becoming an estate agent, although he remained a lieutenant colonel in the Citizen Military Forces.
In 1927 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Caulfield, representing the new Australian Liberal Party.