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Surname BLYTH
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) John James
Regimental Number 1532
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl).
B5179: born 18778 a drover from Maloga Vic.
Melb. Leader: Maloga Vic., photos #484 & #839.
Murray: John.
URL1: photo.
URL2: photo.
Source:# 1578 BLYTH, John JAMES. enlisted for WW1 duties 28.9.1915, married and a farmer at Williams, Western Australia. Served as 9453, Gunner, 4th Australian Trench Mortars, died in France from influenza 24 February 1919, commemorated Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Parents: Charles and Mary BLYTH; husband of Mrs Edith Grace BLYTH, Williams Post Office, Western Australia. Native of Mologa, Victoria.
URL3: ADFA AIF Database Record.
URL4: WW1 AIF papers at NAA.
URL5: AWM Roll of Honour.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 299
5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1578
External Link URL1picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5465362057222170354
External Link URL2picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5465363150329747218
External Link URL3aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=25637
External Link URL4recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3094291
External Link URL5oldsite.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1665754/


Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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