John Milton Roy BLACKWELL

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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

World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Signaller, 376, Light Horse Reinforcements, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement 376, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked 376, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 376, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 376 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-28

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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

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