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Andrew Marvel Delme BLAYDES

Regimental number1081
Place of birthLoudwater, Buckinghamshire, England
SchoolTaplow Grammar School, England; Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia9
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressHope Farm, Penrith, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinColonel H.S. Blaydes, Penrith, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as Colour Sergeant, Senior Cadets, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentColour Sergeant
Unit name3rd Battalion F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He was a lineal descendant of the celebrated Patriot and Statesman Andrew MARVELL - tempus 1620-1678.' (details from father)
FateKilled in Action 6-8 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Andrew Marvell
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death25
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Special Memorial C. 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (brass plaque) in St Stephen's Anglican Church, Penrith, New South Wales. Parents: Harry Seymour BLAYDES and Army Constance BLAYDES, of Kingswood, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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