George Joseph BLAKE

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Service Numbers:	1515, 1430
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1515, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1515, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1430, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1430 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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