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Roland Noel Harrison Forsyth
1898 - 1944

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• Birth	1898	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jul 1944	S.S montevideo Maru
  Buried	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium NSW Chapel Wall 3
  Person ID	I5	Ebenezer Forsyth
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Forsyth,   b. 1849, St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 29 Apr 1913, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Amy Eliza Wiles,   b. Abt 1872,   d. 14 Aug 1967, St Leonards Reg No 26114/1967
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1893	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gladys Mary Jessie Beatrice Field,   b. 2 Apr 1897, Chelsea St Luke, England
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tue 18 Sep 1951 Page 12 IN the Estate of ROLAND NOEL HARRISON FORSYTH late of Rabaul in the Territory of New Guinea Secretary deceased Intes- tate -Application will be made alter 14 days from the publication hereof that Letters of Administra- tion of the Estate of the abovenamed deceased be granted to Gladys Mary Jessie Beatrlce Forsyth the widow of the said decased and all notices may be served at the un- dermentioned address Application will also be made that the usual administration bond may be dis- pensed with All creditors in the Estate of the said deceased are required to send In particulars of their claims to the undersigned ABBOTT TOUT CREER A. WIL- KINSON Proctors for the Applicant 3 Spring street Sydney Biography Roland was born in 1898 in St Leonards, NSW, the son of Ebenezer Forsyth, Public Servant and his wife Amy Elizabeth, nee Wiles. He enlisted in the AIF during WW1, on 28 Apr 1917. He was a shipping clerk and had served 4 years in the Cadets with the 4th A.G.A. (Garrison Artillery). He was 5 ft 7 in tall with fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair.Because he was under 21 he needed parental approval to go overseas. His father was dead, but his mother gave her approval. He served as a gunner (No 1035) embarking on "Indarra" from Melbourne on 26 Nov 1917 with the 13th Reinforcements, 86th Heavy Artillery Group, disembarking in Southhampton, England on 02 Feb 1918.. On 27 Jun 1918 he was transferred to 36th (Australian) Heavy Artillery Brigade in France. On 23 Jul 1919 he embarked from England to return to Australia on the "Main". He was discharged in Sydney on 14 Nov 1919. He joined the New Guinea Territory Administration as a clerk in 1923, working in Rabaul. He married Gladys Mary Jessie Beatrice Field in Rabaul in 1933. There was 1 daughter from the marriage, Beatrice Amy, born about 1934. Roland was in Rabaul when the Japanese invaded in Jan 1942. He was captured and interned as a civilian prisoner. He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" which was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942.