April 27th, 2011 by Alexandra.
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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
April 27th, 2011 by Alexandra.
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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
April 24th, 2011 by Alexandra.
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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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