BLENCOWE, Sidney
| Service Number: | 5553 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malvern St George's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5553, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5553, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34, the son of Michael and Sarah Blencowe and the husband of Louisa Ruth Blencowe
In the 1891 Census he was living in Souldern, Oxfordshire but moved later to Kings Norton. There he married Louisa Ruth Smith in 1907 and a son, Sidney Walter was born there in 1908.
Sidney and his brother, Austin, migrated to Sydney in 1914 followed by wife Louisa and their son. The family settled in Melbourne and Sidney was a labourer before enlisting in 1916. He was Killed in action 3 May 1917 (the first day of the second battle of Bullecourt, two weeks of bitter trench fighting which eventually, and at the cost of 2,250 Australian casualties, cleared and held part of the Hindenburg Line.)
He is commemorated in the church of St Mary, Souldern.
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