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John Elder Forsyth 1915 - 1937

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• Birth	2nd October, 1915	Gloucester, NSW
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Oct 1937	Kogarah, NSW
  Buried	18 Oct 1937	Northern Suburbs Cemetery Macquarie Park Methodist Section C Row 10 Grave 101
  Person ID	I1324	Forsyth Tanners
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	John Elder Forsyth,   b. 4 Jun 1885, High St Willoughby ,   d. 14 Jul 1938, Forster, NSW. Taree Reg No 17683/1938
  Mother	Ada Lewis nee Hamilton,   b. circa 1884,   d. 10 Oct 1954, Earlwood. Campsie Reg No 27475/1954
  Married	1928	Sydney Reg No 15042/1928
  Family ID	F349	Group Sheet

  
  

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  John Elder Forsyth and George Alfred Forsyth (Lewis)

  
  

• Notes

  The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 18 October 1937 Page 8 HEAD-ON COLLISION. When John Elder Forsyth, 22, of Kimpton Street, Banksia, collided on a bicycle head on with a motor car in Prince's Highway. Helensburgh, yesterday, his skull was exten- sively fractured and his thigh was so badly lacerated on the head lamp of the car that he was in danger of bleeding to death. A doctor at the Waterfall Sanatorium stopped the bleeding to enable him to be taken by the Sutherland Ambulance to the St. George Hos- pital. His condition last night was critical. The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954) Friday 22 October 1937 p 2 DEATH OF JACK FORSYTH Popular Forster Lad. Our Forster correspondent writes: Much genuine sympathy and poi gant regret was manifested by resi dents of Forster last Sunday evening when information came to hand that John Elder Forsyth, younger son of Dr. and Mrs. Forsyth, of that town, had been killed accidentally that afternoon whilst cycling on Prince's Highway, near Helensburg, and about 28 miles from Sydney. On the crest of a hill he crashed head-on into a motor car, his skull being extensively fractured, and his thigh was so badly lacerated on the head lamp of the car that it was at once recognised that he was in a critical plight. A doctor sumomned from the Waterfall Sanatorium stopped the bleeding to enable the unfortunate young man to be taken by the Sutherland Ambulance to the St. George Hospital, where he passed away at 4.30 p.m., about an hour after the accident. The deceased was a native of Gloucester, where he was bbrn on the 2nd October, 1915, and had just reached his 22nd year. After leaving school, he spent some time with his mother's people in Queensland, and afterwards came to reside with his parents at Forster. About four months ago he secured a good position with the Arncliffe branch of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, and in his weekly letters to his parents he expressed contentment with his work and his future prospects in the ser vice. Jack, as he was familiarly known, was a popular favorite with his fel lows, and on all sides there is keen regret at his untimely passing. He was an excellent sport - being an ardent footballer, fleet of foot, good tennis player, and excelled in the water. For this season he was hold er of the Diving Championship of the Taree-Forster Swimming Club. The remains of the deceased, who was unmarried, were interred in the Methodist section of the Northern Suburbs; Cemetery, Sydney, on Tuesday morning - his father and mother being the principal mourners. They have the heartfelt sympathy of all Jack's, acquaintances in their very sad bereavement.