BLAIR, Charles Riggall
| Service Number: | 3538 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1916, Rockhampton, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 24 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rockhampton Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1953, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rockhampton Grammar School WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3538, 47th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3538, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3538, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3538, 45th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John BLAIR and Elizabeth nee RIGALL, 12 Ebley St, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales
Charles Riggall Blair asked for exemption on the ground that be had a brother at the war. His brother enlisted twelve months ago. In answer to questions, the applicant said that he had four brothers, two being younger rian himself. He was twenty-one years of age. His mother had property. He paid his board. He did not pay anything else - Lieutenant Isley strongly opposed the application. There were two younger brothers to carry on the name. He certainly thought that this man should go into camp. — The Police Magistrate refused the application.
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