BLINMAN, Harold Goldie
| Service Number: | 1457 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 November 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia , 30 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 July 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 36 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1457, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1457, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1457, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1457, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1457, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1457 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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From the book Fallen Saints - Harold Goldie Blinman of Perth, Western Australia was born at Parkside, South Australia. Before enlisting in Perth, Western Australia on 20 November 1914 he had worked as a Commercial traveller.
He sailed from Fremantle with the 2nd quota of reinforcements for the 16th Battalion aboard HMAT Itonus on 22 February 1915.
Upon arrival in Egypt, the 16th Battalion like the others that made up Colonel Monash’s 4th Brigade became part of the New Zealand and Australian Division. When the roll was called on the morning of 3 May after the attack on 'Bloody Angle,' of the 1,000 men who had landed with the battalion on 25 April only 300 hundred answered their names.
Private Blinman, suffering from the effects of rheumatism was hospitalised at Mudros on 2 June but returned to the battalion at Anzac on 6 July. He was promoted to Corporal on 24 December 1915 and to Warrant Officer Class II (CSM) on 13 March 1916 while at Serapeum, Egypt.
In June 1916, he sailed for France aboard HMAT Canada, disembarked at Marseilles, and was granted three weeks leave in October. He rejoined the battalion on 25 October but five days later was diagnosed with a fever of unknown origin and admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Boulogne. When it was determined on 13 November that his fever was related to being exposed to gas he was evacuated to the Pavilion General Hospital, Brighton, England.
In mid December, he was transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford where on 28 December he was charged with being absent without leave but three days later, when the charge was heard it was dismissed on medical grounds. After a long recovery and further training in England, he proceeded to France again and rejoined the 16th Battalion in the field on 19 May 1918.
On 8 June as a result of an accident he suffered burns to his face and was admitted to the 5th Casualty Clearing Station but returned to duty on 24 June. He was wounded in action during operations east of Corbie on 4 July and died later the same day; he was 34 years of age. Harold’s younger brother, Lance Corporal Herbert Tom Blinman, also of the 16th Battalion was killed in action at Lihons, France on 16 August 1918; he was 32 years of age.
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