Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 13/01/1916
- Place of Enlistment
- Nimmitabel NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Cooma NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Booroomba via Tharwa ACT
- School(s) Attended
- Myalla School
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Next of Kin
- Ernest J. Blyton (brother), Wyndham NSW. He was the son of William and Sarah Blyton of 'Ararat', Nimmitabel NSW.
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 10
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- 1 Battalion AIF
Fate
Died on 9 April 1917, Demicourt, France aged 26 years
Commemoration
26 Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France
AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 28, Canberra ACT
Notes
Blyton was from Nimmitabel but reportedly working at Booroomba near Tharwa when he enlisted on 13 January 1916 with the Men from Snowy River route march. He served with the 1st Battalion from October 1916 on the Somme battlefield but the following month was hospitalised with mumps. He rejoined his unit before Christmas and was involved in the advance towards the Hindenburg Line in April 1917. On 9 April 1917 the 1st Battalion were attacking the Germans who occupied the village of Demicourt, to the south east of Bullecourt, when Blyton was killed in action.
Description - height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 152 pounds, chest 36-39 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, Presbyterian, mole on inside right knee.
Sources
AWM Roll of Honour Database
AWM Roll of Honour Circular
AWM First World War Unit Embarkation Rolls
Queanbeyan Leader - 13 December 1915
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)