William BLACKADDER

BLACKADDER, William

Service Number: 5540
Enlisted: 29 April 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mertoun Berkshire, Scotland , 1882
Home Town: Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Cairns St Andrews Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5540, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland
7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 5540, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 5540, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane

William Blackadder

William Blackadder was born in 1883 in Mertoun, Berwick, Scotland to John Blackadder and Agnes Best. He was the eldest of 5 sons: Robert born 1884, George 1887, John 1890, Thomas 1897. At the time of William’s death, his father John’s address is Broomhall, Mertoun, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

William emigrated to Cairns, Queensland on the “Roscommon” arriving in 1913 from London. His brother John also served and died in France in 1916. On his enlistment in Cairns his age was 33 years 8 months, occupation was a Storeman for Burns Philp & Co and his next of kin was his mother Agnes Blackadder, Mertown, Berwick, Scotland. He was 5 feet 9 inches in height and weighed 164 pounds with a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair. He was Church of England.

Private Blackadder embarked on the HMAT Clan McGillivray from Brisbane on 7 September 1916 and disembarked Plymouth, England on 2 November 1916. He proceeded to France, landing at Etaples on 14 December 1916. He was killed in action 26 March 1917 and is remembered at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.

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