Edward Mynderse Paul FORSAYTH

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FORSAYTH, Edward Mynderse Paul

Service Numbers:	3285, N78013
Enlisted:	13 August 1940
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Signals
Born:	Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 11 November 1897
Home Town:	Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Agricultural Student & Commercial Traveller
Died:	Illness, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1943, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Anglican, Row K16, Plot 0012
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3285, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
15 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3285, 3rd Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

13 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N78013
17 Feb 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, N78013, Lines of Communication Signals, School of Signals

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Biography contributed

Edward Mynderse Paul FORSAYTH was born on 11th November, 1897 in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

His parents were Jonas Mynderse Coe FORSAYTH & Ida SCHMUETZ who married in Samoa in December 1895

He married Miriam Blanche SAWKIN in St Clements Church of Mosman, Sydney on 22nd August, 1923 - 3 known children - John, Robert & Rex

He had previously served in the 41st Light Infantry before enlisting on 15th August, 1915 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion - he returned to Australia & was discharged on 15th February, 1916 as medically unfit

He re-enlisted on 13th August, 1940 & was discharged on 17th February, 1941 - serving as a Signalman in the School of Signals

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His son John Mynderse Keys FORSAYTH (SN 66010) was in the RAAF and died on 9th July, 1945 & is buried in Ambon Cemetery - he was a Flight Sergeant in the 22 Squadron

Another son, Robert William Paul FORSAYTH (SN 0211816 - 14793 - 443304) also served in the RAAF and was discharged on 8th September, 1945

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