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BLENCOWE, Lewis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 180 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sandringham, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC memorial reference: III. E. 6. INSCRIPTION GOD GIVETH AND GOD TAKETH THY WILL BE DONE , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 180, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at South Melbourne | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 180, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 180, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of John Abraham and Annie Blencowe; husband of May Pellitt (formerly Blencowe), of 22, Corsair St., Richmond, Victoria, Australia. His brother, Sergeant Clarence George Blencowe, aged 39, also fell.
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