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BLAKELEY, William Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 26160 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 15 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Colonel Light Gardens, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 29 September 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Plot 51. Sec. H. Row T. Grave 248., Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colonel Light Gardens RSL WW2 Honour Board, Colonel Light Gardens St Therese Catholic Church - Stations of the Cross |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 1 Apr 1940: | Involvement Corporal, 26160 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 1 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26160 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Harry Newsome Blakeley and Ann Agatha Blakeley, of Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia, husband of Jessie Blakeley, of Halifax, England, later of Dowlais, Glamorgan.
INSCRIPTION on his wargrave
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. MAY GOD REST HIS SOUL
He was a passenger in Mosquito NF.11 DF690 which crashed at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Ernest Hamilton Griffith, Royal Australian Air Force~ Service Number 403334 also perished and he too is interred in Bath Haycombe Cemetery-Grave Row T. Grave 248.
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