LYTHGOE, Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 1173, 1173A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wigan, Lancashire, England, December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action , France., 14 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minmi Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1173, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1173, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1173, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 14 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 1173A, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1173A awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The 7th name inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour as Fallen.
On the 14th May 1918, Private Joseph Lythgoe, 17th Battalion (Reg No-1173A), married miner from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by an enemy sniper, age 27 years 5? months, at the Second Battle of Morlancourt, France.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
No Red Cross Wounded and Missing file.
Born at Wigan, Lancashire, England about December 1890 to ?; husband of Amelia Lythgoe, from 25 or 29 Sovereign Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, Joe enlisted on the 15th January 1916 with the 35th Battalion, Reg No-1173, age 25 years 1 month, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Transferred to 17th Battalion 19.2.1917.
Re-allotted Reg No-1173A 7.5.1918.
Joe’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
https://www.cwgc.org/.../casualty.../1455927/joseph-lythgoe/.
Many thanks to Thierry Grier for the Memorial photos.
Place of Association - Minmi, New South Wales, Australia.
Unfortunately, there is no known area to place poppies for Joe in remembrance of his service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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