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BLACKWELL, Richard Fortune
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1441, 12885/529, 529 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1902, UNIT; 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse (New South Wales) |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk/Cattle Buyer |
| Died: | 6 January 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 31 Jan 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 1441, UNIT; 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse (New South Wales) |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 12885/529, Enlisted at Liverpool, Sydney. | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 529, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 529, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 12885/529, Joined the Middle Eastern Forces MEF, Gallipoli. | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 12885/529, A Trooper in the 6th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli. | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Requested a transfer to 'guns', and was posted to 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion. | |
| 7 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Promotion; Appointed Lance Corporal. | |
| 25 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, 12885/529, PROMOTED: To Corporal. | |
| 3 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 12885/529, Wounded in France. | |
| 25 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, 12885/529, Returned to Australia. | |
| 19 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 12885/529, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
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