Edward (Ted) BLACKMAN

BLACKMAN, Edward

Service Number: 4750
Enlisted: 5 February 1917, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Smithfield, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1898
Home Town: Smithfield, Playford, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Locomotive Cleaner, South Australian Railways
Died: Killed in Action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot X, Row G, Grave No. 6), France, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, S.A.R. Engineering Branch Midland System Roll of Honour, Smithfield Honor Roll WW1, Smithfield War Memorial
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Son of Alfred Robert BLACKMAN and Ellen Mary nee McGEE

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Monday 29 April 1918

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

BLACKMAN.—Killed in action in France April 5, Edward (Ted) Blackman, aged 19 years, son of the late Alfred Robert Blackman of Smithfield. His duty nobly done.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5549055 (nla.gov.au)

 

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