Valentine BLAKE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	15 March 1915, Trentham, New Zealand
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	All Battalions, Canterbury Infantry Regiment (New Zealand Army)
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1887
Home Town:	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Government Surveyor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 December 1915, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial A. 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Sergeant, Trentham, New Zealand
24 Jul 1915:	Promoted Other Commonwealth Forces, Second Lieutenant
9 Dec 1915:	Involvement Other Commonwealth Forces, Second Lieutenant , All Battalions, Canterbury Infantry Regiment (New Zealand Army), ANZAC / Gallipoli
Date unknown:	Involvement All Battalions, Canterbury Infantry Regiment (New Zealand Army)

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