BLOMFIELD, Cecil Valentine
| Service Number: | 3756 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1915, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boorolong, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Armidale School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension III. A. 5. |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Armidale School War Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3756, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3756, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3756, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3756, 20th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Born in New South Wales. Son of Edwin Cordeaux Blomfield and Catharina Blomfield.
"MONT ST. QUENTIN"
From Salisbury Court, Uralla. His father was E.C.- Blomfield
At TAS 2 ½ years from August 1895 to Dcc 1897.
Enlisted at Armidale 2.9.1915 and sailed for the Front January 1916. Served in the Lewis Machine Gun Section of the 20th Battalion A.I.F. and became 2nd Lieut. Killed in the Second Battle of the Somme Mont St. Quentin, France aged 37.
Buried France 511 Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension.
Obituary: "He was a man through and through, and a "mate" in every sense of the word. He was also one-of those who received no tangible recognition for brave deeds. I know he rescued wounded under heavy shell fire at night time, but his brave deed was overlooked. At the same time he would have been the last man to claim any reward. And so he did his duty to the end."
Memorial — His name is on the fountain In Armidale Central Park and in the Armidale Library. In 1925 the Blomfield family gave 100 Pounds for C.V. Blomfield Memorial Prizes for History. This is now awarded for Modern History in Year 12.
Brothers — he had 2 older brothers and one younger brother at TAS and 2 of them served in the War. A.L. Blomfield was Senior Prefect in 1894, 95 and 96 and School Captain for the 3 years. He was one of the first 36 at TAS in 1894 when it opened and did engineering at Melbourne University. R.H. Blomfield was also one of the first 36 in 1894 and served as 1st Lieut. in 33rd Battalion A.I.F. and was awarded the M.C. A.G. Blomfield served as well.
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