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BLACKBURN, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Q271287 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prosepine, Qld., 26 January 1924 |
| Home Town: | Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Illness - Cardiac Dilation, Toxaemia, Pneumonia Septic Bronchitis, Australia, 26 July 1943, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warwick War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia A A 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, Q271287 | |
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| 1 Jun 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 1 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q271287, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, Redbank, Qld. | |
| 26 Jul 1943: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Patrick BLACKBURN and Susan nee SMITH, Fullymames Street, Proserpine, Qld.
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