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Full Name
Alexander Elder Forsythe
Rank Last Held
Second Lieutenant
Forename(s)
Alexander Elder
Surname
Forsythe
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
6/228
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Second Lieutenant
Next of Kin
A.A. Forsythe (father), Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Motueka, New Zealand
Military District
Canterbury
Body on Embarkation
Main Body
Embarkation Unit
Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date
16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Tahiti or Athenic
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
240
Last Unit Served
Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Nelson Company
Place of Death
Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death
May 1915
Age at Death
30
Year of Death
1915
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Memorial Name
Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey
Biographical Notes
Son of Alexander A. and Janet Forsythe, of 29, Park Avenue, Dundee, Scotland
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References
Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Additional Information
Killed in action between 06 May 1915 and 10 May 1915
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
  • Ferguson, D. (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digital copy NZETC. URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Cant.html