Samuel Forsyth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Forsyth

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1891

Place of Birth: Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 24-Aug-1918

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Samuel Forsyth, VC (3 April 1891 – 24 August 1918) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded at the time to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in 1891, Forsyth enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force shortly after the outbreak of the First World War.
Serving with the New Zealand Engineers as a sapper, he participated in the Gallipoli Campaign and later fought on the Western Front.
By August 1918, he was on probation to become a commissioned officer and was temporarily attached to an infantry battalion.
On 24 August 1918, during the Second Battle of Bapaume, he played a key role in eliminating a machine gun nest that was holding up the advance of his battalion, but was then killed by a sniper.
For this action, he was posthumously awarded the VC.