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BLAIKIE, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5041 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916, 4 years, 8th Bn Royal Scotts Volunteers |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Peebles, Scotland., December 1881 |
| Home Town: | Appin, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kingsland School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action , Pozieres, France, 18 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5041, 7th Infantry Battalion, 4 years, 8th Bn Royal Scotts Volunteers | |
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| 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: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5041, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
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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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