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LYTH, John Godfrey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3433 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 25 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot VI, Row J, Grave number 10, |
| Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3433, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3433, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3433, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3433, 6th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , SW to head. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 26 August 1916. | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Field Company Engineers, England | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, England | |
| 15 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, France | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3433, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3433, 1st Field Company Engineers, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3433 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-25 | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3433, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, "The Last Hundred Days", Bomb wounds to shoulder, lung, foot. Evacuated to 9th Aust Field Ambulance where he died of his wounds later the same day. | |
| 11 Dec 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, German Spring Offensive 1918, For work at Ploegsteert on 10 April 1918. |
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