Edward Mark (Ted) BLATCHFORD

BLATCHFORD, Edward Mark

    Service Number: 716
    Enlisted: 29 January 1916, Newcastle
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 34th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Adamstwon, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1887
    Home Town: Killingworth, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Natural causes, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 1955
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    Cremated
    Memorials: Charlestown Public School Great War Honor Roll, Killingworth War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 716, 34th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle
    2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 716, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 716, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    24 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 716, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW right thigh.
    21 Dec 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 716, 34th Infantry Battalion, HT Persic, England for invaliding to Australia - arriving 12 February 1918,
    16 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 716, 34th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit - GSW right thigh with fractured fermur and stiff knee joint.

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