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Kenneth Wilson Forsyth
1900 - 1913

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• Birth	1900	Freeemantle WA. WA Reg No Fremantle 1730
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Sep 1913	Subiaco WA. Reg No Perth 585
  Person ID	I8	George Andrew Duncan Forsyth WA
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	George Arthur Forsyth,   b. 1872, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. WA Reg No Fremantle 13754 ,   d. 21 Feb 1948, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
  Mother	Lillie May Wilson,   d. 03 Jun 1943, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
  Married	1898	Fremantle WA. WA Reg Fremantle 432
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Tuesday 23 September 1913 p 8 The funeral of the late Master Kenneth Wilson Forsyth, eldest son of Mr. George A. Forsyth, of Messrs. Chas. Atkins and Co., Hay-street, Perth, W.A., and of 204 Subiaco-road, Subiaco, took place yesterday (Monday) afternoon in the Congregational portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery. The deceased was Senior Patrol Leader, of the No. 4 troop of the Western Australian Boy Scouts, and was well respected by his brother Scouts and school companions. The cortege, which moved from the residence of his father, Mr. George A. Forsyth, 204 Subiaco-road,Subiaco, proceeded to the Karrakatta Cemetery, where a large number of friends of. Mr. G. Forsyth and Boy Scouts of the State attended to pay their last respects to the memory of the deceased. From the cemetery gates to the graveside members of the 4th Troop, the 24th Troop, the 7th Troop, and the 15th Troop, of Boy Scouts lined the way, and stood with bowed heads as the remains (which were encased in a polished jarrah casket) were borne to the grave. At the graveside there also attended upwards of 150 boys from the James-street School, Perth, where the deceased, attended, under the supervision of Mr. Radbourne and Mr. W. .White; also, a large number of the members of the Leederville Congregational Sunday School, under Superintendent S. J. Randell and Mr. A. A. Wheatley. The chief mourners were: ? Mr. George Arthur Forsyth (father); Arthur Forsyth (brother), Mr; G. Wilson (uncle), Mr. Elton Wilson (cousin), and Mr. T. S. Waugh (cousin). The pallbearers were : Mr. C. S. Nathan (Charles Atkins' and Co.), Mr. George Pearce, Mr. Robert Holmes, and Mr. Joseph Holmes. Amongst those present were: Mr. A. S. Brady, Mr L. Cowan, Mr. J. J. Higham, Mr. F. H. Hollis, and Mr. R. Dearle. All the Boy Scouts' present were under the command of Commissioner Dunn, also Mr. Donaldson (chairman of the Scouts), Mr. Levi, and Mr. M Alpine attended. The funeral service at the graveside was read by Rev. G. E. Wheatley, of the Leederville Congregational Church, assisted by the Rev. Daniel Ross, of the Presbyterian Church, West Perth. After the service, "The Last Post" was sounded by the bugler of the Scouts, and then all Scouts present re-assembled and. marched back to the cemetery gates, to the rattle of the muffled drums. A large number of beautiful wreaths and floral tributes were received, and the funeral arrangements were in the hands of Mr. Donald J. Chipper, of Perth and Fremantle.