Identity
Person No.
7383
Service No.
D/JX 150185
Last Name
First Name
Robert James Harry
Initials
R J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, sunk by a heavy German cruiser while gallantly defending a Russian convoy, with the loss of the whole ship's company
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Country
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Capt. George Harry Forsythe, Legion of Frontiersmen, and Catherine Maud Forsythe, of Gosport, Hampshire. Born Johannesburg, 2 August 1920, ed. Park School, Turffontein, Johannesburg; General Botha Cadet Draft 1935-6. After training in General Botha, Robert James Harry Forsythe joined the RN as seaman and posted to HMS Bridgewater and later HMS Impregnable. He served in HMS Bramble, in the North Atlantic in 1940 and 1941.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project