Ernest Henry BLANDFORD

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BLANDFORD, Ernest Henry

Service Number:	1438
Enlisted:	1 February 1901
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1877
Home Town:	Huntly, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Forest Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Wilmansrust, South Africa, Wilmansrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 12 June 1901, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square)

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1438
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1438, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
1 Feb 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1438, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1438, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Orient.
12 Jun 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1438, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Wilmansrust
12 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1438, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Killed in Action.

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Ernest Henry BLANDFORD 1438 was KIA at Wilmansrust in the eastern Transvaal on 12 June 1901.

His brother Charles Walter BLANDFORD also served, returned to Australia and later enlisted in WW1. He died on 12 December 1916 while serving with the 59th Battalion.

Another brother Thomas BLANDFORD also served in WW1 and died on 9 May 1917 while serving with the 57th Battalion.

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