BLEE, Horace Edgar
| Service Number: | 3233 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Maylands, South Australia, 5 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Payneham, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellington Road Public School, Norwood, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Hamel, France, 4 July 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot 3, D 38 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, Payneham Road Uniting (Methodist) Church Honor Roll, Payneham Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3233, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3233, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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Horace Edgar BLEE was born on 5th September 1892 at Evandale, South Australia
His parents were Tom BLEE and Amelia TURNER
He enlisted as a Private on 30th July 1915 with the 16th Battalion, 11th reinforcements( Service No. 3233) - Unit embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Benalla on 27th October 1915 -
On 16th September 1916 he was promoted to Corporal and on 7th November 1917 he was mentioned in dispatches. On 19th May 1918 after officer training in England he was appointed a Second Lieutenant
Horace was wounded at Hamel Wood on 4th July 1918 and died of his wounds the same day - aged 26 years
He is buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension in France and is also commemorated at Payneham Cemetery in South Australia & the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
PHOTO of his headstone (twgpp.org)
MEMORIAL PAGE (www.everymanremembered.org)
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