BLYTHE  A.C.

Given Names:  Andrew Charles

               

Service Number:  14101

Unit:  Australian Army Service Corps                                                                               

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  272116

 

Age:  24 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Fruit Grower                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  158 Lbs

Chest:  34½-36½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  28/9/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Blythe

104 Peel Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  11/5/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Friedrichurch                                   

Embarked:  5/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  1/9/1919

Unit:  14th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  2/10/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  66404

Victory Medal:  63946

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1892

Place:  Williamstown, Victoria                   

Father:  William BLYTHE                         

Mother:  Henrietta BLUNT

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 1944                                 

Place: South Melbourne, Victoria             

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 11/8/1918; gun shot wound, right hand

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary