BLYTH, Harold Staley
1891 - 1965 (73 years)-
Name BLYTH, Harold Staley Birth 7 May 1891 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia [1] Gender Male Burial 1965 Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand [2] Death 24 Feb 1965 Auckland, New Zealand [3] Person ID I2067 Staleys Last Modified 12 Aug 2014
Father BLYTH, Jonathan, b. 6 Dec 1849, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Aug 1919, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 69 years) Mother TONKS, Alice, b. 1863, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia d. 4 Jan 1910, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 47 years) Marriage 9 Jun 1886 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia [4] Family ID F1374 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 NICHOLSON, Florence Mabel, b. Abt 1897 d. 13 Mar 1948, Auckland, New Zealand (Age ~ 51 years) Marriage 1929 New Zealand Children 1. BLYTH, Harold Brett, b. 1931, New Zealand d. 13 May 2005, Phuket, Thailand (Age 74 years) Family ID F1376 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Nov 2008
Family 2 ELLIS, Emily Aroha, b. 23 Jun 1904, Waihi, New Zealand d. 26 Apr 1973, Torbay, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 68 years) Marriage 1950 Auckland, New Zealand Family ID F1377 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Nov 2008
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - He was an excellent swimmer in local competitions he was well known and successful, prior to WW1. He enlisted in the Army on 28 Aug. 1914 (No. 2/973) as Trumpeter/Gunner in the N.Z. Field Artillery, 4th. Howitzer Battery, he saw overseas action and rose to Acting Bombardier, he was wounded at Gallipoli, this eventually led to him being discharged medically unfit for war service, on 17 Aug. 1918. He was able to enlist again in the Army as a Driver in WW2 (No. 801197) on 28 Jan. 1942, he didn't leave N.Z., in May 1943 he was a passenger in a truck that crashed, he received some injuries which again led to him being discharged on a part pension on 28 Aug. 1943.
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Sources - [S85] Federation Index, Victoria. BDM 1889-1901 on CD, 13397 (Reliability: 3).
- [S145] Waitakere City Council, Cemetery Search Online, Soldiers Ash Burial K Row 2a Plot 82 (Reliability: 3).
- [S145] Waitakere City Council, Cemetery Search Online.
- [S110] Copy of Marriage Certificate, 2187 St. Paul's (Reliability: 3).
- [S85] Federation Index, Victoria. BDM 1889-1901 on CD, 13397 (Reliability: 3).