Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

05/08/1918

Date of Discharge

14/08/1918

Place of Enlistment

Queanbeyan NSW

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Known as 'Stan'

Date of Birth

05/05/1898

Place of Birth

Tuggeranong (Tuggranong) ACT

Address (at enlistment)

'The Farm', Royalla ACT

Occupation

Labourer

Next of Kin

Joseph Blewitt (father), 'The Farm', Royalla ACT

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

Depot

Stan Blewitt came from Royalla and enlisted at Queanbeyan after a medical examination held at the Molonglo Concentration Camp. It was his second attempt to enlist after being rejected because of an injured right leg. Once again though, a Medical Board hearing at Victoria Barracks in Sydney on 14 August declared Blewitt unfit for active service because of his injured right thigh and his enlistment was cancelled.

He was the brother of Aubrey Blewitt and married Johanna Kelleher in Queanbeyan in 1922. He served with the Volunteer Defence Corps in World War 2. Stan Blewitt died at Bulli in 1971.

Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 160 pounds, chest 34-40½ inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, Catholic.

Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930. Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc., 2001
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)