Identity
Title
Forenames
Robert Alexander AWMM
Surname
Forsyth AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
WWII 423065 AWMM
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Hapū
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Rohe
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Civilian life
Birth
29 July 1921 AWMM AWMM
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WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Ward AWMM
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WW2 Mrs. H.A. Forsyth, Ward (m) AWMM
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Biographical information
Represented Marlborough at rugby 1939-40. A prominent referee, significantly he refereed the Australia v New Zealand test match at the Epsom Showgrounds in 1958, one of only two occasions a test match was not held at Eden Park. He was remarkable for the fact that he refereed with just one arm having lost it in an explosion while serving with the 38th NZ Field Regiment at Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre in 1943. Later worked for Radio New Zealand. Public source. AWMM
Death
Death
13 August 2002 AWMM
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Documents
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
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