John Raymond (Ray) BLIGHT

BLIGHT, John Raymond

    Service Number: 7957
    Enlisted: 19 July 1915
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 18th Australian Army Service Corps
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1899
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Electrical Engineer
    Died: 31 August 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
    Garden Of Remembrance 2, Wall 6, Section 14, Niche 245
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7957, 8th Infantry Brigade Train
    8 Nov 1915: Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 7957, 18th Australian Army Service Corps, Troopship Bakara
    10 Jul 1918: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 7957, 18th Australian Army Service Corps, Reverted to rank of Driver at own request.
    13 Jun 1919: Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 7957, 18th Australian Army Service Corps, Troopship Thermistocles.
    30 Sep 1919: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 7957, 18th Australian Army Service Corps, Termination of Period of Enlistment.

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    Biography contributed by Neil Leckie

    “Ray” Blight was born in Ballarat and was a 26-year-old Electrical Engineer when he enlisted in Melbourne on 19 July 1915. His previous service had been with the School Cadets and 12 months with the 9th ALH. On transfer to 18 Coy AASC Ray had the rank of Lance Corporal. Driver Blight embarked for return to Australia on 12 June 1919 on the Troopship Thermistocles, disembarked in Melbourne on 8 August and was discharged on 30 September 1919 on his Termination of his Period of Enlistment.

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