BLYTH, John Westwater
| Service Number: | 18501 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1917, Townsville |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 2 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ross Island State School, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Broncho-pneumonia, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia , 21 July 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Liverpool Old Cemetery Ref. C 137 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Feb 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 18501, Field Artillery Brigades, Townsville | |
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| 21 Jul 1917: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 18501, Field Artillery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John (Jack) Westwater BLYTH was born in Townsville, Queensland on 2nd October, 1888
His parents were John BLYTH & Agnes Todd WESTWATER who married in Townsville on 2nd August, 1887
He enlisted in Townsville on 27th February, 1917 as a Private with the 1 Depot Company - listed as a Gunner with the Field Artillery on 17th May 1917, a Private on 8th June 1917 & Driver 12th June, 1917
Jack was taken ill and admitted to hospital on 2nd July, 1917 & didn't get to embark for overseas
He died of Broncho Pneumonia in the Liverpool Field Hospital, Military Camp, Sydney and is buried in the Liverpool New Cemetery (Ref C 137)
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