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BLAKEMAN, Percival Albert

Service Numbers:	20, 3009
Enlisted:	11 August 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	North Syney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1887
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	North Sydney and Neutral Bay Public Schools and North Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Plumber and gasfitter
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 25 October 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board, Neutral Bay Superior Public School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 20
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 20
4 Mar 1915:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 20
9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked 3009, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement 3009, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 3009, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3009 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-25

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