English Māori Thomas Arthur Blyth Born 1880 - Died 1940 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 15648 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Snapshot of Nurse, Eliza Fitzgerald Martin (22/385) and Lieutenant's Thomas Arthur Blyth (15648) and … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesThomas Arthur AWMM SurnameBlyth AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 15648 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1880 AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationDavid Laing Blyth (brother), No. 1 Line, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 15648 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 School teacher/Civilian AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 07 Dec 1916-18 February 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Thomas Arthur Blyth went to Wanganui Boys' High School, where he was a swimming champion and prominent oarsman.As a Rugby player and administrator he was well known. From 1902 to 1904 he represented Taranaki as a full-back, and when in Ohakune he helped to form the Ruapehu Sub-Union as well as the King Country Union. He was later, at different times, selector, president, coach, and a delegate to the N.Z. Rugby Union.Lance Corporal Blyth's was a varied career of service. By profession he was a school teacer. He was appointed head master of the Ohakune District High School in 1909.He was on the Ohakune Town Board from 1911-1913, and was created a J.P. in 1925 (from the New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol.VIII, No.27, June 1940). AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death1940 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Thomas Arthur Blyth by laying a poppy. Stephen Blyth Thomas Blyth Thomas Arthur Blyth William Graham Blyth William Henry Blyth Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Thomas Arthur Blyth Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=7879556 Further Reference Other military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22277020 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 47: 4 AWMM New Zealand Alpine journal AWMM New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol.VIII, No.27, June 1940 AWMM Erson, William Percy Howard, compiler (1916-1917). Erson Album. Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-461. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License