BLACKMORE, Francis Leonard Henry
| Service Number: | S30215 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General Hospitals - WW2 |
| Born: | Brompton, South Australia, Australia, 21 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Hindmarsh Public School & Croydon Central School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Dutch New Guinea, 18 September 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C8. Row B. Grave 1-25. Collective Grave. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61 |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30215, General Hospitals - WW2 | |
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| 7 Aug 1940: | Involvement Private, S30215 | |
| 7 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Southwark, SA | |
| 7 Aug 1940: | Enlisted S30215, Southwark, South Australia | |
| 16 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S30215, General Hospitals - WW2 |
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38SQN RAAF Dakota A65-61 crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to return 18 former POWs to Australia
All on board were killed in the crash: SAWREY, Allan George (Flight Sergeant) 6188 / WILES, Keith Robert (Flight Sergeant) 27141 / BLACKMORE, Francis Leonard Henry (Sergeant) 47042 / DUNDERDALE, William Royce (Leading Aircraftsman) 170241 / WILKINSON, Eric (Warrant Officer) 405949 / HUNTER, Arthur Jack (Warrant Officer) 411069 / CAMPBELL, Allan (Warrant Officer) 412376 / HUGHES, Albert Clifford (Warrant Officer) 414566 / STIBBARD, Noel Royce (Flying Officer) 421110 / Sister Marie Eileen Craig 501399 RAAF Nursing Service of Number 2 Medical Air Evacuation Unit
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Son of Charles Henry and Amy Blackmore; husband of Isabel Jean Blackmore, of Welland, South Australia.
Airman Presumed Dead After Flying Accident
Mrs. F. Blackmore, of Frederick street, Welland, has been informed that her husband. Sgt. F. L. H. (Frank) Blackmore, previously reported missing on September 18, 1945, is now presumed to have lost his life in an air craft accident between Biak and Merauke on that date. Sgt. Black more served in the RAAF for four years, and before his enlistment was employed by A. W Sandford & Co. and Henry Berry and Co. He was a player for West Torrens Lacrosse Club. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Blackmore. of Bertie street, West Hindmarsh. Sgt. Blackmore leaves a young son.
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