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BLADE, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6849 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1916, Enlisted Maude NSW initially allocated to B Company 2nd Depot Battalion Cootamundra posted to 22nd reinforcement’s 4th Battalion at Liverpool Camp NSW on 8th Nov 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Maude, Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stawell State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Cook |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Maude NSW initially allocated to B Company 2nd Depot Battalion Cootamundra posted to 22nd reinforcement’s 4th Battalion at Liverpool Camp NSW on 8th Nov 1916 | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 4th Battalion in the field France | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Wounded Trench Foot evacuated to UK for treatment and convalescence | |
| 22 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Shrapnel wound back evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence | |
| 11 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Missing in action Battle of Epehy Hindenburg Outpost Line Declared killed in action by Board of inquiry held in February 1919 | |
| 11 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 4th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action Battle of Epehy Hindenburg Outpost line by Board of Inquiry 22 February 1919// Originally declared missing in action |
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James Blade
Station Cook of Nap Nap Station Maude via Hay NSW