Regimental number | 22397 |
Place of birth | Exton, Tasmania |
School | Exton State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Address | Newry, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 6' 1" |
Weight | 166 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, E P Blyth, West Devonport, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | Howitzer Brigade 23, Brigade Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/133/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Trench Mortar Battery |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Nieppe, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 12), Steenwerck |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 19 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward Pearson and Annie BLYTH, South Burnie, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brother: 524 Staff Sergeant William Oscar BLYTH, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918; Nephew: [33]1 Lt Edward Pearson BLYTH, DCM, 20th Bn, killed in action, Hangard Wood, France, 8 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Wounded in action, 31 January 1917 (gun shot wound chest: penetrating). Died of wounds, 2 February 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BLYTH Edward Fitzgerald |