John Milton Roy BLACKWELL

BLACKWELL, John Milton Roy

Service Number: 376
Enlisted: 26 October 1914, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Narrabri, New South Wales, 1890
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Hillgrove Public School, Armidale, New South Wales
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey, 28 June 1915
Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
Plot 11, Row K, Grave 8
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

 

Son of Ernest Valentine Blackwell and Janet Mary Blackwell of 'Alberta', Archer Street, Chatswood, NSW; brother of Harold Ernest Rupert Blackwell who died of wounds at Malta on 23 October 1915 while serving with the 19th Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal