BLOMFIELD, Reginald Gordon
| Service Number: | 6697 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 6 August 1982, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Candelo Public School Roll of Honour, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6697, 7th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6697, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6697, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Born in Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, on December 26, 1896, Reginald Blomfield was brought up in Ashfield, New South Wales, and attended Sydney Technical High School from 1910 to 1917, where he received a solid education.
Blomfield's career as an engineer dominated his life before the start of World War I. He received technical training at Sydney Technical High School, which would later be very handy for his military career.
During World War I, Blomfield’s role as a sapper and corporal was both challenging and critical. He was involved in various engineering tasks, from bomb disposal to building bridges. Sappers like Blomfield were essential for ensuring the safety of infantry by defusing mines and explosives and constructing vital infrastructure such as bridges across rivers. He enlisted 25th November 1915 and after training in Australia and the journey across, he disembarked at Alexandria 14th April 1916. He was sent to England to Engineers details at Parkhouse in August 1916 before marching in at Etaples, France a week later where he was taken on strength to the 7th Field Company Engineers. He fought on the Western Front and was promoted to Vice Corporal in May 1918.
After the war, Blomfield returned to Australia on May 11, 1919, having survived the conflict without injury or captivity. His post-war life saw him resume his career as an engineer, leveraging his wartime experience in civilian projects. Blomfield married Olive Blomfield from Denton, Lancashire. Blomfield lived out his later years in Queensland, Australia, where he passed away on August 6, 1982, at the age of 85.
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