Andrew Marvell Delme BLAYDES

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BLAYDES, Andrew Marvell Delme

Service Numbers:	1081, Officer
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England, 1891
Home Town:	Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Taplow Grammar School, England and Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial C. 6
Memorials:	Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Colour Sergeant, 1081, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 1081, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 1081, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harry Seymour and Amy Constance BLAYDES of Kingswood, NSW

HE WAS A TRULY GOOD SON A SOLDIER AND A MAN PRO DEO REGE ET PATRIA

Second-Lieutenant Andrew M. D. Blaydes (killed) was the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Blaydes, of Kingswood, New South Wales, and was an old Fort Street boy.
He joined the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Infantry Brigade at its inception, as eolor-sergeant, served as quartermaster sergeant in Egypt, and company sergeant-major at the Dardanelles, and was promoted to second lieutenant on the battlefield. Lieutenant Blaydes was a keen soldier and a successful rifle shot. A brother is now in camp at Liverpool.

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