Thomas Lionel (Tom) FORSYTH

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FORSYTH, Thomas Lionel

Service Number:	29683
Enlisted:	13 May 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF
Born:	Cressy, Tasmania, 29 June 1885
Home Town:	Ringarooma, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 May 1918, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery Grave Reference/Panel Number: 8., Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery, Blangy-Tronville, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

13 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
3 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29683, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
3 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29683, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
27 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 29683, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29683 awm_unit: 42nd Battery 11th Brigade Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-05-27

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Biography

Tom was the sixth of thirteen children born to William FORSYTH and Mary Ann (Molly) nee MAHER, and was the only one to serve in World War I.

He married Amy Eva (known as Eva) MCCLUTCHEY on 4th June 1914 in Victoria, and the union produced one child: Dudley Thomas FORSYTH who went on to serve with the RAAF in the Second World War with the final rank of Wing Commander - having been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944.

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