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BLANCHFIELD, William
| Service Number: | 2113 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Slater |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2113, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2113, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2113, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 2113, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Blanchfield enlisted 22 April 1915, and left Sydney on 16 June 1915. He was taken on strength of the 3rd Battalion on Gallipoli on 4 August 1915. He went missing during the next week amid ferocious fighting at Lone Pine over 7-12 August 1915, having been in the AIF for less than four months.
He was born in Coonamble during 1886 and his father died in 1910 when he was about 24 years of age. His mother, Mary Jane Blanchfield, was living in North Sydney. Confirmation of his death did not filter back to Sydney until November 1916, when death notices for William Blanchfield first appeared.