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BLOXSOME, Claude Collingwood

Service Number:	7347
Enlisted:	8 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 13 February 1892
Home Town:	Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling:	The Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	Avoca Beach, Central Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1981, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW Cremated at Palmdale, ashes unknown. Memorial ID; 135140375
Memorials:	Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Glen Innes District Roll of Honour, Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7347, 5th Field Artillery Brigade

World War 1 Service

18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 7347, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 7347, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
11 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
15 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
2 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
30 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
28 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
15 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7347, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Embarked from England for Australia on the ship SS ‘Ypiranga’.
5 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7347, 5th Field Artillery Brigade

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