Lyle Aubrey BLACKMAN

BLACKMAN, Lyle Aubrey

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, An original of C Company
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Miners Rest, Victoria, Australia, 7 March 1890
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Miners Rest, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 11 November 1964, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company
19 Oct 1914: Involvement 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 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Vivian Bugden

Lyle's brother, Leslie, was killed in action in 1916 and is buried on the Belgium/French border.  A second brother, Walter John Thomas "Tom" also fought at Gallipoli; he was buried by a bomb somewhere in France, his comrades dug him out but Walter suffered from mental health issues for the rest of his life - he was a patient at the Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital in Victoria until his death in 1967.  There were also several other Blackman cousins and relatives involved in both wars.

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