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B36AP87 Blyth

April 27th, 2011 by Alexandra. No Comments »

Sergeant BLYTH, Andrew Jackson 12/303 [family memorial]

Photograph taken 20 February 2011-04-25

Sacred

The memory of

David BLYTH

Died June 1 1918

Aged 76 years

Also

Grace

Beloved wife of

Andrew BLYTH

Died August 28 1919

Aged 82 years

Also

Sergt A.J. BLYTH

Main Body N.Z.E.F.

Died at Hamadan Persia

October 4 1918

Aged 28 years

To live in hearts we loved is not to die

Also

Ellen [Nellie] Jane [2]

Beloved wife of David BLYTH

Died December 21 1920

Aged 54

Also

Andrew BLYTH

Died July 31 1923

Aged 86

Foot plaque:

Also

David

Loved husband of the late

Ellen BLYTH

Died 27th May 1948

Aged 84

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David BLYTH [d 1918]

Block 36A Plot 86

Occu: Gentleman

Born: Scotland and 10 years in New Zealand at time of death

Late of Dalby, Queensland,  [reportedly] aged 76 [1]

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Grace

Block 36A Plot 87

40 years in New Zealand at time of death

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Ellen Jane

Block 36A Plot 87

Born: Springston, NZ

Andrew [d 1923]

Block 36A Plot 86

Occu: Blacksmith

Born Scotland and in NZ 44 years at time of death

There is a probate available for an Andrew Blythe for 1923 year of death, however it is in Wellington so am not sure it is the same person:

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23089469

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David [d 1948]

Block 36A Plot 86

His probate is available:

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=19660403

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Anthony Jackson BLYTH 12/303

Died of disease

[Auckland Infantry Battalion]

His Cenotaph database record:

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/1310.detail?Ordinal=3&c_surname_search=blyth

His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=905325

His military records are available but with restrictions:

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22277013

Listed as wounded

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 85, 7 October 1916, Page 5

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19161007.2.67&srpos=62&e=——-10–61-byDA—012%2f303–

Listed as seriously ill

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 92, 15 October 1918, Page 4

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181015.2.30.2&srpos=64&e=——-10–61-byDA—012%2f303–

Reported died of sickness

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 93, 16 October 1918, Page 3

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181016.2.18.1&srpos=65&e=——-10–61-byDA—012%2f303–

References:

[1]

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/1870-1908/1918.June.Star.Christchurch.BMD.html

[2]

Second name from

http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=92134

with thanks to Sarndra Lees

B36P13 Douds

April 27th, 2011 by Alexandra. No Comments »

Private DOUDS, John 12/1193 [family memorial]

Photograph taken 20 February 2011

In loving memory of

James

Beloved husband of

Margaret DOUDS

Died 16th November 1918

Aged 75 years

“Until the day break and the shadows flee away”

Also

Margaret

Beloved wife of above

Died 6th March 1921

Aged 74 years

Also

Pte John DOUDS

Eldest son of above

Killed on Gallipolli [sic] 25th April 1915

Aged 40 years

James

Block 36 Plot 13

Occu: Retired farmer

Born: Ireland and 56 years in NZ at time of death

Margaret

Block 36 Plot 13

Born: Ireland and 53 years in NZ at time of death

John

Auckland Battalion

Listed as widowed in Cenotaph database.

Late wife named as Madeline in CWG record.

[There is a Madeline A DOUDS who died 16 December 1903 aged 21 in Block 43 Plot 67 at Linwood Cemetery]

His Cenotaph database record:

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/4100.detail?Ordinal=1&c_surname_search=doud&c_firstname_search=john

His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=720071

His military records are digitised and available to read online:

http://www.archives.govt.nz/digitalarchive/archives:21936

Mentioned on nzhistory.net.nz site:

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzac-day/fatalities

Listed as missing [note name written as DONDS]

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 141, 16 June 1915, Page 3

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19150616.2.17&srpos=2&e=——-10–1—-0121193–

Listed as killed in action

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 22, 27 January 1916, Page 7

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19160127.2.58.1&srpos=3&e=——-10–1—-0121193–

with thanks to Sarndra Lees

B28P100 Lattimore

April 24th, 2011 by Alexandra. No Comments »

Private George Pain LATTIMORE 6/80

Born 8 September 1893 [from military records]

Died 5 June 1918 – Dardanelles, Gallipoli

Cenotaph Database Record

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/8564.detail?Ordinal=1&c_surname_search=lattimore&c_firstname_search=george

Commonwealth War Graves Record

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=720258

Archives New Zealand

Military records available [with restrictions]

Digitised copies of military records available from this link.

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=10929025

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 143, 18 June 1915, Page 7

Listed as killed in action

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19150618.2.37&srpos=134&e=–1915—1915–10–131-byDA—26%2f80–

Note different spelling for Pain [Payn]

Mentioned in “The History of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914 – 1919

Accessed on NZETC 28 March 2011

http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Cant-t1-back-d7.html

LATTIMORE, Private, GEORGE PAIN, 6/80. “A” Coy. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F..

Killed in action, at Quinq’s Post, 5th June 1915. Age 22. Son of Elizabeth Lattimore,

of 65, Aikmm’s Rd., Christchurch. 74.

http://www.anzac.govt.nz/gallipoliguide/names/lone-pine.html

Mentioned on

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/nzrefroh1915Jan-Jun.html

with thanks to Sarndra Lees.  The family also have extensive research.

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