BLAYDEN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 1508 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | August 1892, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farrier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, , 5 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Scone Barwick House War Memorial Arch, Scone Public School WW1 Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1508, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1508, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1508, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From The Scone Advocate, Fri 1 Jun 1917, Page 7
ROLL OF HONOR .
PRIVATE THOMAS BLAYDEN.
Mr. C. Blayden, of this town, received official and the sad intimation on Wednesday night last that his son, 'Private Thomas Blayden had been killed in action in France on 5th May (sic) last. The late Pte Private Blayden, a young man of 25 years, had been on active service for over two years.
A member of the 4th Battalion, it will thus be seen that the deceased' soldier was at Gallipoli, during the early stages of that campaign, and he was one of the survivors of that historic and, ill-fated charge on Lone Pine. Leaving the Peninsula at the time of the evacuation, he was a member of the earlier drafts to-leave for France; where he participated in and bore witness of the terrific and memorable fighting leading, up to the capture of, Pozieres. It will be remembered that it was the victory, at the latter place, that added to the undying fame won by the Australians at Gallipoli.
It must, truly be said of the late Private Blayden that he did his 'bit' - nay did it well — but he paid dearly the price of his loyalty and, bravery, paid it undaunted and whilst facing the greatest of his King's enemies, just as some 20,000 more Australians have done. A blacksmith by trade, the deceased young man was a generiil favorite with his many confreres hereabout. Of a quiet disposition, he was a good son and a genuine friend.
Departing with his brother, James, the pair were separated on Gallipoli after the latter was seriously wounded by bursting shrapnel, and as a consequence, it was found necessary to amputate his
right arm. 'Jim' has returned to his respected and well known , parents, but now that their eldest boy is to return no more, Mr. and Mrs Blayden, in their latest painful affliction, have tho heartfelt sympathy of every patriot in our district.
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