George BLANDFORD

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
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    World War 1 Service

    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.

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    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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