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Christopher Russell Forsyth
1910 - 1984

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• Birth	12 May 1910	Casterton, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jun 1984
  Person ID	I071	Forsyths of Hamilton Victoria
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	James Douglass Forsyth,   b. 19 Apr 1875, Hamilton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 9636/1875 ,   d. 20 Jun 1959, South Australia Reg No 886/803
  Mother	Martha Alice Lamborne,   b. 1884, Castlemaine, Casterton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 15449/1884 ,   d. 26 Sep 1953, Casterton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 20343/1953
  Married	1905	Victoria Reg No 1979/1905
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Vida Elizabeth (Betty) Simms,   b. 28 Oct 1920, Plymouth, Devon, England ,   d. 8 Nov 1971, Yarralumla, Canberra, ACT
  Children	1. Christopher John Douglas Forsyth,   b. 26 Apr 1939, Batu, Gajah, Parak, Malaysia   2. Richard Charles Forsyth,   b. 13 Jan 1941, Muar, Johor, Malaysia   3. William Michael Forsyth,   b. 23 Feb 1947, Muar, Johor, Malaysia   4. Penelope Elizabeth Forsyth,   b. c 1950
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Kathleen Mary Henderson (nee Hawkins)
  Married	26 Mar 1974	Canberra, ACT
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Fri 20 Nov 1931 Page 7 RHODES SCHOLAR. MR. C. R. FORSYTH SELECTED. TEACHERS' COLLEGE STUDENT. After a meeting of the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee yesterday it was announced by the secretary(Professor W. E, Agar) that Mr. Chistopher Russell Forsyth had been selected as the Victorian Rhodes scholar for 1931. Mr. Forsyth who is aged 21 years is a student at the Teachers Training College Carlton. He intends to complete his course for the degree of bachelor of arts in Melbourne and then attend the course for the teachers' diploma at the University of London and make a study of the teaching of classics in Great Britain and in Europe. His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor (Sir William Irvine) is chairman of the selection committee and in addition to Professor Agar the other members of the committee are Professor K. Bailey, Mr. E. F. Herring, Dr C. W. B Littlejohn, Dr. A. C. D. Rivett, and Sir Brudenell White. Mr. Forsyth, who is a son of Mr J D Forsyth, of Ballarat, was born in Ballarat and was educated at the Ballarat High School. His school career was brilliant. He obtained his intermediate certificate in 1924 passing in eight subjects. In the following three years he passed other intermediate subjects and gained his school leaving certificate with honours in Latin,Greek, and Greek and Roman history. He entered the Education department as a junior teacher, and was awarded a resident studentship at the Teachers Training College, Melbourne, where he made a special study of classical philology. He matriculated as a student of the University in 1929 and entered on the course for the degree of bachelor of arts. In his first year he gained first class honours and was awarded the John Grice exhibition in Latin, obtained second class honours in Greek, and a pass in English. Last year he gained first class honours in Greek, Latin and comparative philology, and was awarded exhibitions in each of these subjects and he obtained a pass in ancient history. Mr. Forsyth has been equally successful in sports, and he has displayed the qualities of leadership demanded in candidates for the Rhodes Scholarship. At school he was a keen football and tennis player, and was a member of the Ballarat High School football team. He was a member of the Teachers College hockey team which won the B grade premiership of the Victorian Amateur Hockey Association in 1929, and was subsequently secretary and then vice president of the Teachers' College Hockey Club. He gained an honour badge for hockey at the Teachers' College. This year he was captain of the college hockey team. He has actively participated in football, tennis, and swimming competitions at the Teachers' Training College. He is an active member of the College Literary and Debating Society and International Questions Society, and is vice- president of the Teachers' College Dramatic Club Since 1920 Mr Forsyth has been an enthusiastic member of the Boy Scouts' Association He was as patrol leader of the 8th St Andrew's Troop at Ballarat in1925,and was leader of the troop when it won the Cohen Victorian challenge shield at Bendigo in the following year. He attained the rank of King's Scout, and was selected as one of the 13 scouts to represent Victoria at the opening of the Federal Capital at Canberra by His Royal Highness the Duke of York in 1927. Before leaving Ballarat he was Cub Master of the 8th Ballarat Wolf Cub pack. Child???? The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) Wed 27 Mar 1974 Page 20 FORSYTH - HENDERSON. In Canberra on 26th March 1974, Christopher Russell Forsyth of Yarralumla to Kathleen Mary Henderson (nee Hawkins), formerly of Langley, Bucks, England. The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) Mon 18 Jun 1984 Page 14 FORSYTH, Christopher Russell. ? On the 15th of June, 1984 at WVH. Loved husband of Mary and the late Betty. Loved father and father-in-law of Christopher and June, Richard and Christine, Michael and Beverley, Penny and Peter Hobbes. Loved Grandfather of their eleven children. FORSYTH, Christopher Russell. ? On 15 June 84 at WVH. Admired brother of William D., sister Patricia (Wilkie) and sister-in-law Joy; fondly remembered by nephew Julian and nieces Katherine (Ortiz) and Valerie (Tammemagi). Rhodes Scholar (Victoria)Balliol, Malayan Civil Service, AIF Singapore, POW Borneo, administrative service Monash University and ANU Canberra. Aged 74. Deepest sympathy for widow and family.