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BLACKWELL, Harry Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 575 |
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Enlisted: | 22 February 1915, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, 1894 |
Home Town: | Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland |
Schooling: | Brisbane School, Queensland |
Occupation: | Artesian well borer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, At sea (HS Panama), 12 October 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: In memory of our dear son & brother, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 575, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 575, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 575, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William James and 'Edie' Ida Lavinina Blackwell of Henley', Earl Street, Randwick. NSW formerly of 21 West Street, Paddington, NSW. Brother of Edith Thelma Blackwell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal