Brigadier General John Keatly Forsyth

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 08/02/1867
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Death Date 12/11/1928
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Sea Lake
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

    Document


    Personal Files Book 9, 10 September - 30 October 1915

    Letters and documents relating to the exhumation and repatriation of William Throsby Bridges, 1915

    Letters and documents relating to the proposed memorial for William Throsby Bridges, 1915

    Correspondence from Leslie Cecil Maygar to his family, 1915-1916

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Timeline

Date of birth 08/02/1867
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 11/1885 Enlisted in the Queensland Mounted Rifles as a trooper.
Date promoted 04/11/1892 Promoted to lieutenant.
Date commissioned 18/07/1892 Commissioned as a second lieutenant ion the Queensland Mounted Infantry after serving in all NCO ranks.
Other 01/08/1897 Joined the Queensland Permanant Forces as a staff lieutenant.
Date promoted 01/02/1901 Promoted to captain.
Other 1901-03-01 - 1902-02-27 Served as adjutant of the 4th Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Other 1902-07-01 - 1905-11-12 Served as adjutant of the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Other 1902-02-28 - 1902-06-30 Served as adjutant of the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Other 1905-11-13 - 1906-10-01 Secretary to the Inspector General in Melbourne.
Other 01/07/1907 Director of Equipment.
Other 01/02/1907 Joined the Victorian Instructional Staff
Date promoted 28/05/1908 Promoted to major.
Other 1909 - 1910 Posted to India on exchange duty.
Other 1910-12-01 - 1910-12-31 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for Instruction in Melbourne.
Other 1911-11-01 - 1912-06-30 GSO2 at Army Headquarters.
Date of embarkation 21/10/1914
Other 1914-12-13 - 1915-08-18 Commanding Officer of the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted 01/03/1914 Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Other 1914-08-11 - 1914-08-20 Commanding Officer of the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 15/08/1914 Joined the AIF as a temporary lieutenant colonel, and appointed to command the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
Other 26/07/1915 Commander of the 2nd Brigade.
Other units 1915-05-30 - 1915-06-08 Acting commander of the 2nd Brigade at Gallipoli.
Date promoted 26/07/1915 Promoted to colonel and temporary brigadier general.
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1916
Date returned to Australia 12/11/1916
Date returned to Australia 12/1916 Returned due to ill health.
Other 04/1916 Commander of B Training Group at Rollerstone, England.
Other 03/1916 Evacuated to England due to ill health.
Date promoted 24/09/1917 Promoted to brevet colonel.
Date of honour or award 01/01/1917 is services on the Western Front.
Other units 16/02/1917 Commandant of the 4th Military District (South Australia).
Date promoted 01/1921 Promoted to temporary major general.
Other 1922 Placed on the unattached list.
Other 09/02/1925 Retired with the rank of major general.
Date of death 12/11/1928

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