Archibald, Forsyth, Robert & Roy Streets
These streets were named by the War Service Homes Commission in 1920 after Robert Archibald (Roy) Forsyth, who died of wounds received at Hangard Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux, France, for which he was awarded a Military Medal in 1918. He was the son of Robert James Forsyth, who owned ‘The Towers’. Roy died of wounds in France in 1918, after an action at Hangard Wood, After the war in 1919, Robert sold ‘The Towers’ and surrounding land to the Commission. He may have requested that the streets be named after Roy.
Forsyth family members standing on the verandah of the family home, “The Towers” (built in 1888) at 31 Forsyth St Belmore. ca. 1907.
Robert James Forsyth ca 1910s
Robert (Roy) Forsyth ca 1914
Merris Street, Kingsgrove
Merris is a small town in northern France where Australian Forces distinguished themselves in a World War I action in 1918. The street was named by the War Services Homes Commission in 1922, when it was building houses for returned soldiers.