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BLUMER, Colin Charles

Service Numbers:	1488, OFFICER, NX137581 (N817)
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1895
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Agricultural student
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 1973, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1488, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 1488, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 1488, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
15 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1488, 3rd Infantry Battalion
5 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
21 Sep 1916:	Honoured Military Medal
18 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
4 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant
1 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
28 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, OFFICER, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit

World War 2 Service

29 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, NX137581 (N817)
11 Apr 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major

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