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Maurice Hipwood Forsyth
Female 1922 - 1937


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  • Birth  1922 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  February 1937  Tanbournie Bay. Sydney Reg No 360/1937 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I0088  Forsyth Tanners
    Last Modified  31 Oct 2017 

    Father  Lewis Devall Forsyth,   b. 31 May 1891, St. Elmo 27 Laurel St Willoughby. St Leonards Reg No 32470/1891 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1924, St. Elmo 27 Laurel St Willoughby. Chatswood Reg No 9004/1901 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mabel May Crowther,   b. 1893, Lismore Reg No 20047/1893 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963, Chatswood Reg No 13104/1963 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1914  St Leonards Reg No 11360/1914 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F026  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Drowning as a result of capsizing

      New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937
      Name: Maurice Hipwood Forsyth
      Birth Year: abt 1922
      Birth Place: Willoughby Nth Sydney, New South Wales
      Death Year:Abt 1937
      Death Place: Tanebournie Bay Lane Cove River Sydney
      Inquest Date: 26 Feb 1937
      Inquest Place: Sydney
      Age: 15


      The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 8 February 1937 p 7 Family Notices
      FORSYTH.-The Relatives and Friends of the late MAURICE HIPWOOD FORSYTH are kindly invited to attend his Funeral, to leave his parents' residence. No. 49 Dalleys-street, Narem-burn, THIS DAY Monday, at 2.30, for Northern Suburbs Cemetery.
      RELIANCE MOTOR FUNERALS,
      57 Flinders-street, Darlinghurst.
      Phone. Cronulla 285 and F1481.


      Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW : 1896 - 1938) Friday 12 February 1937 p 19 Article
      BOY DROWNED
      PRIEST DIVES TO RESCUE MAN
      When a canoe capsized in Tarn bourine Bay, not far from Riverview College, a boy was drowned. The Rev. Father Lathal, of Riverview College, rescued a man, and the third occupant
      of the canoe reached the shore at the point of exhaustion. , The boy who was drowned was Maurice Forsyth, aged 15 years, of Dalley road, Naremburn. In the canoe with him were Frederick Taylor, aged 15 years, of Naremburn, and Henry Davis, aged 45 years', also of Naremburn. They wore fishing in the 'bay when the Rev. Father Lathal passed them in a pair racing .boat, in which he was coaching two students. He noticed that the canoe was almost sub merged, and he called to the party to be careful. Just as the racing pair leached the boatshed, Father Lathal heard cries for help. He look ed round, and saw tho canoe over turned. Forsyth and davis were clinging to tho side. l The students rowed Father Lathal tack to the canoe. Taylor -had then almost swum to the shore, but as the college boat reached the canoe Forsyth had released his hold and disappeared. Father Lathal dived into the water and with great difficulty pulled the man into tho racing -boat. He then dived several v times in the hope of finding the boy, but the water was so muddy that he could not see the bottom.

      The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 6 February 1937 p 17 Article
      BOY DROWNED.
      Priest's Rescue Effort.
      When a canoe capsized in Tambourine Bay, not far from Riverview College, yesterday afternoon, a boy was drowned. The Rev. Father Lathal, of Riverview College, rescued a man, and the third occupant of the canoe, who swam to the shore, was almost exhausted when he reached safety.
      The body of the boy, Maurice Forsyth, 15. of Dalley-road, Naremburn, was recovered some hours later. With him when the canoe capsized were Frederick Taylor 15, of Chandos-street, Naremburn, and Henry Davis, .5, also of Dalley-road, Naremburn They were fishing in the bay from the canoe, and when the Rev Father Lathal passed them in a pair racing boat in which he was coaching two students from the Riverview College, he noticed that the canoe was almost submerged He called to the occupants to be careful and just as the racing pair reached the boatshed, Father Lathal heard cries for help. He looked round and saw that the canoe had over- turned.
      Forsyth and Javis were clinging to the side if the upturned canoe The college students rowed Father Lathal back to the canoe. Taylor had then almost reached the shore, but as the college boat reached the. canoe Forsyth released his hold and disappeared.
      Father Lathal dived into the water, and with great difficulty got Davis into the racing boat He then dived several times in the hope of finding the boy, but the water was about 15ft deep, and was so muddy that he could not see the bottom.
      In the evening. Constable Mackay and Constable Froome recovered the body.