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BLYTH, Edward Fitzgerald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 22397 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries |
| Born: | Exton, Tasmania, Australia, 27 February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Exton, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Exton State, School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Nieppe, France, 2 February 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row E, Grave 12 Rev. W.N. Clarke officiated Headstone inscription reads: A good son and brother |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 22397, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22397, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22397, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 31 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 22397, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, Shell wound (chest) | |
| 2 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 22397, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 22397 awm_unit: 3rd Division Heavy Trench Mortar Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Pearson BLYTH and Annie HOBDEN of South Burnie; brother of William Oscar Blyth who returned to Australia on 3 December 1918 having served with the 12th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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