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BLACKMORE, John Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1626 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row R, Grave No. 36 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1626, Mount Gambier, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1626, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1626, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 27 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1626, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, GSW (head) |
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John (Jack) Blackmore was from a Glencoe farming family. He enlisted, aged 23, in March 1916 and was posted to the 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Embarked for England and attended Grenade School in Lyndhurst, where he trained in explosives. In France he was severely wounded on 4 July 1917 and died of wounds the next day.
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