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B36AP87 Blyth

April 27th, 2011 by Alexandra

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 27^th 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