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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Second Lieutenant Alexander Elder Forsythe |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Second Lieutenant |
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| Forename(s): |
Alexander Elder |
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| Surname: |
Forsythe |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
6/228 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Second Lieutenant |
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| Next of Kin: |
A.A. Forsythe (father), Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Motueka, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Canterbury |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Lyttelton, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Tahiti or Athenic |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
240 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Nelson Company |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
May 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
30 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of Alexander A. and Janet Forsythe, of 29, Park Avenue, Dundee, Scotland |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| 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. |
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| Additional Information: |
Killed in action between 06 May 1915 and 10 May 1915 |
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| 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
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