Samuel Forsyth, VC 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.
Sergeant Samuel Forsyth, 1918
A portrait of Samuel Forsyth, executed by Richard Wallwork in 1920
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers is the administrative corps of the New Zealand Army responsible for military engineering. The role of the Engineers is to assist in maintaining friendly forces' mobility, deny freedom of movement to the enemy, and provide general engineering support. The corps has been involved in numerous conflicts over the course of its history including World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the war in Afghanistan. The corps consists of a single regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, primarily based at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North.
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
Canterbury Engineer Volunteers constructing a bridge, c. 1900
Sappers resting in a shell hole near Ypres, 1917
New Zealand Engineers constructing a bridge on the Western Front, 1918