BLACKLER, Hector Gordon
| Service Number: | 7493 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 November 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Division Headquarters |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, 17 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Georges Plains, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Natural causes, Newtown, New South Wales, 6 May 1967, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers Who Served Abroard Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7493, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 7493, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 7493, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7493, 2nd Division Headquarters |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"After the departure of Sergeant Roy Blackler for the front with the Australian Field Artillery, the pupils of Catherine Hill Bay School, where Mr. Blackler had been stationed as teacher, sent the following letter, accompanied with an enlarged portrait of the Sergeant, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Blackler, of the Public School, Georges Plains. The address read:
"We, the pupils of the Catherine Hill Bay Public School have much pleasure in presenting to you on behalf of ourselves and parents, this enlargement of your son's (H. G. Blackler) photograph. We were very sorry to see him go, but glad that he took up arms to help protect our lives and liberties. We all trust he will have a glorious career, and return safely to our beautiful land to take up his duties again. Our best wishes are always with him."
The address was signed by twenty-seven of the pupils. Recently Sergeant Blackler has been transferred to headquarters as draughtsman, and letters received by the family announce that both he and his brother, Reg, are quiet men, and are at the front in France. Since the Sergeant's departure his friends at George's Plains have presented his mother with a gold medal (suitably inscribed) as a mark of the esteem in which he had been held." - from the Bathurst National Advocate 29 Jul 1916 (nla.gov.au)