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BLUNT, Harry James
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1246, 1104 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW Originally issued with service number but changed to 1246 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Poplar, London, England, 1894 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 22, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1246, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW Originally issued with service number but changed to 1246 | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1104, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1104, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1246, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1246 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Blunt and stepson of Ada Elizabeth Blunt of Battersea Park Road, London, England. Joseph later enlisted in the British Army's Royal Defence Corp with the rank of Sergeant
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal