Archibald BLAIR

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Service Number:	38028
Enlisted:	14 February 1917, Hawthorn, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Maybole, Scotland, 17 June 1896
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Carrick Academy, Scotland
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 May 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Frechencourt Communal Cemetery Row D, Grave 9 Headstone Inscription "HE DIED FOR US"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial

14 Feb 1917:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 38028, Field Artillery Brigades, Hawthorn, Victoria
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 38028, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 38028, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
22 May 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 38028, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 38028 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-05-22

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He was 21 and the son of Charles Baird Blair and Margaret Hunter Blair, of "Craigmore," 70, Cobden St., Kew, Victoria, Australia.