FORSAYTH, John Mynderse Keys
Service Number: | 66010 |
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Enlisted: | 10 June 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1924 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | North Sydney Junior Boys High & North Sydney Boys High Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Flying Accident, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 9 July 1945, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Plot 28, Row D, Grave 14. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 66010 | |
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10 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 66010 | |
9 Jul 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 66010, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Mynderse Keys FORSAYTH was born in Chatswood, Sydney on 18th May, 1924
His parents were Edward Mynderse Paul FORSAYTH & Miriam Blanche SAWKINS who married in St Clements Church in Mosman on 22nd August, 1923
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His father Edward Mynderse Paul FORSAYTH (SN 3285) served during WW1 & returned to Australia in 1916 - he also served in the Army during WW2 (SN N78013 ) discharged 17th February, 1941
His brother Robert William Paul FORSAYTH (SN 0211816) served in the RAAF during WW2 and was discharged on 8th September, 1945