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Military service
Service number:
J/24699
Age:
31
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 22, 1912
Magrath, Alberta
Enlistment:
April 8, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 28, 1944
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. D. 29
Additional information
Husband of Ruth Elizabeth Forsyth, son of Neil and Chloe Forsyth.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
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Newspaper Clipping
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Family gravemarker
FORSYTH In Memory Of F/O THOMAS REX Oct. 22, 1912~Apr. 28, 1944 K.I.A. WWII Buried Antwerp Belgium [photo is Memorial Marker at Cardston Cemetery - Cardston, Alberta, Canada] -
Last letter sent home before the mission that would take his life.
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The letter the family received informing them of Rex's passing.
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Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of THOMAS REX FORSYTH
Forsyth, Thomas Rex J/24699 -
Memorial
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of THOMAS REX FORSYTH
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of THOMAS REX FORSYTH
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Other
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Medal
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Other
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Other
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Rex Forsyth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 307 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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