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Rifleman Robert Forsyth

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Military service

Service number: B/40795
Age: 30
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: December 17, 1911 Pittsburgh
Enlistment: July 16, 1940 Niagara, Ontario
Death: November 9, 1942 Camp North Point, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: VIII. B. 15.
Additional information
Baptized Robert Forsythe. Son of Robert Forsyth Sr. and Mary Livingstone, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Father enlisted April 27th, 1942, in the U.S. Army, regimental number 1034, without having fought in World War II.

Enlisted in The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, he served in Ontario, British Columbia, transferred on October 18th, 1940 to the 18Re Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada to serve in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 847 days of service, including 378 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Related media

Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 74 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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