Tasman Blacker VON STEIGLITZ

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VON STEIGLITZ, Tasman Blacker

Service Number:	1025
Enlisted:	12 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leven near Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Memorials:	Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1025, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1025, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
12 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1025, 8th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gallipoli, 1915

Pte. Tasman Blacker von Steiglitz, 8th Battalion Australian Infantry, was killed in action on 8th May 1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

Born at Ulverstone, Tasmania, the former warehouseman enlisted at Melbourne on 12th September 1914. He was the 22 year-old brother of Douglas Joseph von Steiglitz, of 43 Lord Street, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania.

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