Eric Vaughan BLUNDEN

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Service Number:	796
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hornsby, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Petersham Superior Public School, NSW
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 3 June 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot X1, Row G, Grave 10, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Randwick, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 796, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 796, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
Date unknown:	Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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1 Battalion

Rank - Private

31 May 1918 multiple gunshot wounds to chest and arms

Served in the Citizen Military Forces.

Son of Harry Herbert and Georgina Mary Blunden, of Cheltenham Rd., Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales