John James BLYTH

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Service Numbers:	1532, 1232, 943
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

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1532, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
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.

28 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 943, 1st Remount Unit (AIF)
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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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.