Charles Arnold Watson BLANDFORD MID

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BLANDFORD, Charles Arnold Watson

Service Numbers:	852, V81494
Enlisted:	16 November 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, 6 February 1893
Home Town:	Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia., January 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bairnsdale Public Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 852, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 852, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
24 Dec 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia

World War 2 Service

14 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Captain, 22nd Infantry Battalion
14 Oct 1939:	Enlisted V81494

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

4th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement

He is remembered on the Clontarf Cricket and Football Club Roll of Honour in County Dublin, Ireland.

Address-48 St Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Next of kin
T.W. Blandford, 48 Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Country Dublin, Ireland
Enlistment date-16 November 1914
Rank on enlistment-Corporal

Age at embarkation 21.

AWM Embarkation Roll number-10/9/2
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 13 April 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll-59th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)-Mention in Despatches.

Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107, 1 June 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169, 4 October 1917. Recommendation date: 9 March 1917.

Returned to Australia 24 December 1918.

Spouse

Enid Mabel Leask Blandford 1901–1994

Children

William Thomas Blandford 1920–2014

Thomas Blandford 1921–2003

Percy Brian Blandford 1926–2009

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