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Sgt.S.Forsyth VC

Through Sgt. Forsyth's dashing leadership and total disregard of danger, three machine-gun positions were rushed and the crews taken prisoner before they could inflict many casualties on our troops. During the subsequent advance his company came under heavy fire from several machine guns, two of which he located by a daring reconnaissance. In his endeavor to gain support from a tank, he was wounded, but after having the wound bandaged, he again got in touch with the tank, which in the face of very heavy fire from machine guns and anti-tank guns.

Samuel Forsyth (1891-1918) enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of war in 1914, and sailed with the main body to Egypt. He fought at Gallipoli where he received a slight wound, and was evacuated twice with illness. He was seconded to 2nd Auckland Battalion in August 1918, and was posthumously awarded the VC for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack at Grevillers, France, on 24 August 1918.

23/1761 Sgt.A.Neal

'In Loving Memory'. Memorial card for two soldiers - brothers. Sergeant Ernest Neal, 10th Reinforcement, NZRB, Killed in Action in France, October 4th 1917. Aged 26 years and 10 months. Sergeant Alfred Neal, 9th Reinforcements, NZRB. Died of wounds received in France, 23rd April 1918 Aged 21 years and 5 months. Mickle, A. M. R. (n.d.) Mickle album. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira.

During service in France and Belgium from 18/7/16 to 18/3/19, equalling 2 years and 8 months, the Unit occupied 82 different Billets and Bivouacs.

Three of these adsorbed 11 months of the period, therefore for the balance of the time the Unit moved its location on an average about once a week.