Jack BLACKBURN

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Service Numbers:	597, 1050
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Enlisted at Geelong Allocated service number 597 prior to embarking
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Honour Roll Window, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 597, Enlisted at Geelong Allocated service number 597 prior to embarking
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1050, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1050, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 597, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 597 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Address at the time of enlistment was 76 Myers Street, Geelong, Victoria

Son of William and Fanny Rachel Blackburn of Bolton, Lancashire, England.

Next of kin given as his brother Joseph Blackburn, Emanuel College, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada later of Ramsgate, Kent, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal