John Cecil BLACKLER

BLACKLER, John Cecil

    Service Number: 2110
    Enlisted: 30 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 23 June 1892
    Home Town: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Cleveland Street Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Tinsmith
    Died: Killed in Action, Le Bizet, France, 13 June 1916, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier
    Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 38 (Rev. K. P. Simgle officiated)
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2110, Liverpool, New South Wales
    30 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2110, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    30 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2110, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    13 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2110, 17th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Mary Blackler, of "Afrie," Bay St., Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales, and the late Henry Joseph Blackler.

    BLACKLER.-Sacred to the memory of my dearly beloved son, John Cecil (Jack.), killed in action In France, June 13 1916, late 17th  Battalion. Beloved by all who knew him. Inserted by his mother
    BLACKLER - A tribute to the memory of John Cecil Blackler, killed in action in France June 13. 1916 He was one of the best, among  the rarest of good ones R. and K. W.

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