Henry George BLAKE

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BLAKE, Henry George

Service Number:	303
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, An original member of C Company 12th Bn
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 7 December 1886
Home Town:	Westbury, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Westbury Convent School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Calder Road Pictorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Westbury War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 303, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company 12th Bn
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 303, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 303, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Henry and his brother Ernest Blake were among the first to enlist from Westbury, Tasmania, during August 1914. They were given a big send off from the town, including a band, when they left for Hobart shortly after. They were the sons of the local postmaster, Mr. H.G. Blake and his wife Caroline.

Ernest Blake was killed in action on 2 May 1915, one week after the Anzac landing. Henry fought from the landing until he was seriously wounded during the August 1915 fighting. He suffered multiple bomb wounds and was evacuated to Malta. A few weeks later he was sent to England to recover. He arrived back in Egypt during early 1916 but was killed in action during the first days of the Australian attack on Pozieres.

The two brothers have no known graves.

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