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BLYTH, John James
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1532, 1232, 943 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1901 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
Born: | Mologa, Victoria, Australia., 12 July 1879 |
Home Town: | Williams, Williams, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Mologa East State School, Victoria, Australia. |
Occupation: | Drover |
Died: | Influenza, No 30 General Hospital, Calais, France, 24 February 1919, aged 39 years |
Cemetery: |
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France Grave VIII. E. 12. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pyramid Hill Boer War Memorial, Pyramid Hill Memorial Wall, Williams War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1532, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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1 Feb 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1532, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
15 Feb 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1232, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Port Melbourne on the "Orient" Troopship. | |
24 Mar 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1532, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
27 Mar 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1532, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Cape Town to RTA on "St Andrew" Troopship. Disembarked in Melbourne on 25 April 1902. |
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 943, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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12 Nov 1915: | Embarked 943, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
12 Nov 1915: | Involvement 943, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
7 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF | |
24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 943, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, D.O.D. | |
24 Feb 1919: | Involvement Gunner, 943, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 943 awm_unit: 4th Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1919-02-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of Charles and Mary Blyth; husband of Mrs. Blyth, of Williams, Western Australia.
John also served in the Boer War with the Victorian Mounted Rifles.