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BLAIKIE, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5041 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Peebles, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Macorna, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Grave III. D. 5., Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5041, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5041, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of John and Christian Dickson Regan Blaikie, of Kingmeadows Rd., Peebles, Scotland.
He is remembered in the book of remembrance for Tweeddale. [Roll of honour of Peebleshire men killed in the Great War, 1914-1918. With portraits.]
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