BLACKMAN, Leonard Charles
| Service Number: | 5559 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hoo St Werburgh, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Elementary School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Longueau British Cemetery, Somme, France Plot II. Row A. Grave 5. INSCRIPTION HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS , Longueau British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5559, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5559, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5559, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 8 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5559, 18th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His parents lived at King's Hill Dairy, Hoo, Rochester
Emigrated to Australia aged 23.
Enlisted Glebe, New South Wales, Australia.
He is remembered on the war memorial which is to be found on the wall of St Werburgh Church, Church Street, Hoo, Kent. The memorial takes the form of a stone wheeled cross tapering down to a plinth standing on a high stepped base. The memorial is surrounded by a circular paved area laid more recently. The inscription and names are to be found on either face of the plinth.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leonard Charles BLACKMAN was born in 1889 in Werburgh, Kent, England
His parents were John BLACKMAN and Emma BARTY who married in Hoo, Kent in 1882
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