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BLACKET, Mervyn Cuthbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 786 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, September 1887 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 5 June 1971, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 786, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion | |
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| 2 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 786, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 786, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Sep 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 786, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia on the ship A14 HMAT ‘Euripides’. | |
| 8 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 786, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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