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BLANEY, Pierce Edmund

Service Number:	147
Enlisted:	2 July 1915, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Drummer
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland Australia , 8 June 1887
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Gatton Agriculture College, Queensland Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Heart Failure , Garomna Station, Julia Creek, Queensland Australia , 23 September 1945, aged 58 years
Cemetery:	Julia Creek Cemetery, Qld
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World War 1 Service

2 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 147, 31st Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 147, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 147, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
11 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 31st Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 147, 31st Infantry Battalion, GSW Chest and Right Arm.
18 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
14 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Drummer, 4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Henry BLANEY and Catherine nee PIERCE