George Bovett BLACKWELL

BLACKWELL, George Bovett

    Other Name: Blackwell, George Robert
    Service Number: 3242
    Enlisted: 18 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1896
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Plasterer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 28 May 1918, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck
    Plot 1, Row D, Grave 3 "HE BRAVELY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL AND GAVE HIS BEST HIS LIFE, HIS ALL"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
    5 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
    5 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    18 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, G.S.W. (Abdomen)
    22 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, Medevac'd to Whipps Cross Military Hospital, London.
    10 Jan 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, Rejoined unit after hospitalization for G.S.W.
    21 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
    28 May 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 1st Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.
    Date unknown: Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography

    Given names George Bovett

    1 Battalion

    Rank - Private

    Son of William Henry and Louisa Blackwell, of 85, Moore Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales.

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