FORSYTH, Leonard Edgar
| Service Numbers: | 183, N65682 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1940, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Willoughby, NSW, 22 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailmaker |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Drummoyne, NSW, 16 February 1981, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ashes committed to the "winds of the heavens and the depths of the sea" off Sydney Heads |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 183, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 183, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, N65682, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 21 Sep 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, N65682 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Clarke, 19 Elizabeth Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Son or Martha Rosewall nee Forsyth. Stepson of David H Clarke. Beloved grandson on Thomas Todd Forsyth and Ann Lile Lewis. Loving husband of Beatrice Huddlestone. Father of Beryl.
Beloved husband of Grace (2nd wife),
Commander Leonard Forsyth BEM, SSD was a highly decorated veteran of both World Wars. In the 1930's he established the Navy Sea League Cadets on Snapper Island, NSW known as the Sydney Training Depot. He was awarded the BEM and SSD.
On March 27, 1981, his ashes were committed to the "winds of the heavens and the depths of the sea" off Sydney Heads from the deck of the pilot vessel "Captain Phillip".
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