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Drummond James BLYTHE

Regimental number863
Place of birthBunbury, Western Australia
SchoolChristian Brothers (Catholic) College, Perth, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelephone lineman
AddressSpencer Street, Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMrs E L Blythe, Spencer Street, Bunbury, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets.
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWith his brother, he was the first man to leave Bunbury for Blackboy Hill camp to enlist.
FateDied of wounds 6 June 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death6 June 1915
Age at death22.9
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 34), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 858 Pte Francis Albert BLYTHE, 11th Bn, died Pozie?res, Fr
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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