Bristow Roding BLISS

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BLISS, Bristow Roding

Service Number:	3713
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	St Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Methodist Church & Sunday School Great War Honor Roll, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3713, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3713, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3713, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Bristow Roding BLISS was born in Saint Arnaud, Victoria in 1887

His parents were William Roding BLISS & Ellen Jane NEAL

He married Elsie Olive Emma RICHARDS in Victoria in 1915 - one daughter Beth Roding BLISS born 1916

He enlisted in Melbourne on 17th July, 1915 and embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Ceramic with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements on 23rd November, 1915

Bristow was Killed in Action at Pozieres in France on 25th July, 1916 - no known grave

BLISS. - In loving memory of my dear husband, Bristow Roding Bliss, and loving father of Beth, (late 5th Batt.). killed in action in France, July 25, 1916. (Inserted by his loving wife, Elsie Bliss, St. Arnaud.)

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

KILLED IN FRANCE.
Word has been received that Private Bristow R. Bliss, of St Arnaud previously reported missing, has been found dead on the battlefield in France. He leaves a widow and infant daughter. His elder brother was wounded at Gallipoli, and his younger brother is in hospital in England.

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