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BLOW, Cecil Alfred
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 20, Q191193 |
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Enlisted: | 22 January 1915, Murwillumbah, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Field Park Company/ies |
Born: | Kiama, New South Wales, 16 January 1897 |
Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 December 1969, aged 72 years |
Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Grave Location: ANZAC 2-D-255, ANZAC Portion 2/Row D/Grave 255; Buried with: Alice Blow. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20, Murwillumbah, New South Wales | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 20, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 20, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 20, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
29 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 20, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell wound (left leg) |
World War 2 Service
22 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Private, Q191193, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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22 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q191193 | |
23 Feb 1940: | Involvement Private, Q191193, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
17 Oct 1940: | Discharged Sapper, Q191193, Field Park Company/ies | |
17 Oct 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q191193 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Alfred Blow and Fanny Jarman