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Military service
Service number:
402468
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
April 9, 1890
Shallow Lake, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 25, 1915
Walkerton, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXIX. H. 9.
Additional information
Son of George James and Harriett Emily Blythe, of Shallow Lake, Ontario.
Brother of Private George James Blythe who died on March 16, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private John Henry Blythe
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Group Photo
John Henry Blythe (left) and George James Blythe (right) -
Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper-Front Page. -
War Memorial
The War Cenotaph in Shallow Lake, Ontario, Canada. -
Inscription
The War Cenotaph in Shallow Lake, Ontario, Canada. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Blythe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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