George BLANDFORD

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BLANDFORD, George

Service Number:	3459
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	67th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Huntly, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Huntly Garden of Remembrance, Huntly Memorial Hall Honor Roll

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3459, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3459, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3459, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
22 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
12 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3459, 57th Infantry Battalion, Multiple SW to forearm and neck sustained while in a work party near Montauban, France. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
27 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), UK
8 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3459, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RTA 27 July 1917 and discharged on compassionate/family grounds.

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Brothers:

Ernest Henry Blandford 1438, KIA 12 June 1901 Boer War;

Charles Walter Blandford 5657, 59th Btn, KIA 12 December 1916

Thomas Blandford 3681, 57th Btn, KIA 9 May 1917.

George Blandford (youngest and only son remaining alive) was discharged from the AIF on compassionate grounds and at the request of the Shire of Huntly, Vic.

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