Drummond James BLYTHE

BLYTHE, Drummond James

Service Number: 863
Enlisted: 17 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bunbury, Western Australia, 1892
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Christian Brothers RC College, Perth
Occupation: Telephone linesman
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli - at sea - H.S. Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 June 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at Sea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 863, Helena Vale, Western Australia
2 Nov 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 863, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 863, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 863, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 863, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 863 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-06-06

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Drummond was born in 1892 in Bunbury, Western Australia

Son of James Drummond BLYTHE and Eliza Louisa HOULAHAN of Spencer Street, Bunbury, Western Australia

Brother of 858 Cpl. Francis Albert Blythe (/explore/people/242326) died of wounds in England and 309 RSM Jack Howard Drummond Blythe MM (/explore/people/108819) who returned.

Died of wounds on board HMHS Sicilia at sea

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Francis and Drummond were the first two men to leave Bunbury WA to enlist

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