Virtual War Memorial | Blair Inskip SWANNELL

Blair Inskip SWANNELL Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

SWANNELL, Blair Inskip

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 September 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England, 20 August 1875
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	HMS Worcester, Kent, England- The Repton School, United Kingdom
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Baby 700 Cemetery, Anzac Spec Mem 10 Memorial ID - 142985872
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Major, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

Help us honour Blair Inskip Swannell's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Hamish Robson

Australian Rugby Union Representative 1905.

Wallaby #72 1 Cap.