BLYTHEN, Duncan
| Service Numbers: | 1573, 1506 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Ballarat, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Egerton, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Humfray St State School, Eureka St. State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HMHS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1573, 14th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic. | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1506, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1506, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 29 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1573, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1573 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-29 | |
| 29 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1573, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to back (penetrating chest). Evacuated to HMHS Gascon, where he died of his wounds later the same day (about 3 miles off Gallipoli). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
"Pte Duncan Blackburn Tonkinson Blythen (killed) was a son of Mrs. E. N. Blythen of Lowe street, Ballarat East. He celebrated his 31st birthday in Egypt.
He was born in Egerton, but the family moved to Ballarat when he was about five years of age, and has resided here since.
He was named after a great uncle, who was knighted by the late Queen Victoria in England. He was an old scholar of Humfray and Eureka street State schools, and after leaving school he followed farming, as he liked the life.
When the war broke out he was working in the Ballarat district for a man who was formerly in the old 7th Regiment. His employer enlisted, and it was not too long before young Blythen felt that it was his duty to do the same.
He came to Ballarat and enrolled at Ballarat East. He left with the Second Expeditionary Force."
Source: THE ROLL OF HONOR. (1915, September 25). The Ballarat Courier (Vic), page 4.
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