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BLAMEY, Norman Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 283 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated at Panel 21 of the Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney W. Gardiner & Co. Ltd. Warehousemen Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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"BLAMEY.- Killed in action at the Dardanelles, Corporal Norman Henry Blamey, youngest beloved son of James Blamey, much loved brother of Richard J. Blamey, "The Gables," Pakington-street, Kew, also of Will (Queensland) Sydney (New South Wales), Ada, and Nora.
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do or die,
Noble Australians." - from the Melbourne Argus 19 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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