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BLECHYNDEN, Alick George Robas

Service Numbers:	571, R571
Enlisted:	11 March 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beverley, Western Australia, 22 February 1892
Home Town:	Beverley, Beverley, Western Australia
Schooling:	Beverley Public School and North Fremantle Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 February 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot: IV. J. I.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley Jacobs Well District HR, Beverley Mount Kokeby Great War Honour Roll, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynchgate, Beverley War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 571, Perth, Western Australia
9 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 571, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
9 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 571, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 571, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, R571, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, R571, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
9 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion
28 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 571, 28th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 571 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-02-28

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