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BLAIN, Julian
| Service Number: | 1311 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Belgium, June 1870 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1311, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1311, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1311, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1311, 10th Infantry Battalion, Embarking S.S.Nile. | |
| 10 Oct 1915: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to hospital for gastritis. | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to hospital for inflamed dental pulpitis. | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to hospital for Dysentery. | |
| 25 Apr 1916: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to hospital for Rheumatism. | |
| 29 Apr 1916: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Struck off strength and evacuated to Australia because deemed medically unfit. | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to H.T Ascania | |
| 4 Jul 1916: | Transferred Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to Australia by Karoola because of Rheumatism. | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 1311, 10th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia via H.T.Karoola for discharge because deemed medically unfit by Rheumatism. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Julian Blain was a Roman Catholic man who fought for Australia in WWI. He was born in 1870 in Belgium and was a miner. He was 6 feet tall and weighed 196 lbs with blue eyes, light brown hair, and a dark complexion with tattoos on both arms. He lived in Adelaide South Australia and his next of kin was his wife, Louisa Blain. He enlisted at the age of 44 years and 5 months and was initially in the 10th Infantry Battalion. On the 2nd of February 1915, Blain embarked and left Melbourne, Australia on board the HMAT A46 clan Macgillivray with the rest of the 10th battalion.
Julian Blain arrived in Egypt in early December with the 9th, 11th, and 12th battalions to form the 3rd Brigade in the 1st Division. After training in Egypt, the Brigade arrived in the Anzac Cove in Turkey to participate in the Gallipoli campaign which lasted from the 7th of February 1915 to the 9th of January 1916. Members of the 10th battalion invaded the furthest island in any initial fighting done by Australian troops before. The battalion helped defend the beach against a heavy counterattack in May. After this, the 10th battalion joined the failed August Offensive. On the 10th of October 1915, Julian Blain was admitted to hospital for gastritis where he quickly recovered and returned to the battlefield. Only 6 days later on the 16th, Blain was admitted for inflamed dental pulpitis. Casualties were high throughout the campaign, so in November 1915, the surviving members of the Brigade were withdrawn from the peninsula.
The 10th battalion was reorganised in Egypt in early 1916 to form the 50th battalion. Blain was transferred to the Western Front in March 1916 and took part in trench warfare in France and Belgium. On the 11th of January 1916, Blain was transferred to another hospital because of Dysentery. Not shortly after, on the 25th of April 1916, he returned to hospital for Rheumatism. Julian Blain was evacuated to Australia on the 4th of July 1916 via H.T.karoola because he was deemed medically unfit to fight in the war because of his diagnosis. On the 5th of July 1916, Blain was officially discharged from the Australian military.