Felix Louis BLOCH

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BLOCH, Felix Louis

Service Number:	34944
Enlisted:	17 January 1917, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 10 December 1897
Home Town:	St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Queen's College, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Electrical engineering student
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jewish Community of Tasmania Roll of Honor, Victorian Jewish War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 34944, Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 34944, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 34944, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
17 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 34944, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 34944 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-08-17

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Gunner Felix L. Bloch, who was reported killed in action on 17th August, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bloch, of the Grand Hotel, Melbourne, late of "Katoomba," Bendigo-avenue, Elwood; and brother of Gunner H. S. Bloch, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, who has served with the A.I.F. since November, 1915. The late Gunner Felix L. Bloch was educated at Queen's College, St. Kilda, and was Electrical Engineering student, second year, at the Working Men's College. Member of the 34th Fortress Company Engineers — served at Pt. Nepean and Pt. Lonsdale eleven months; bombardier 27th reinforcements Field Artillery, sailed in November, 1917; first class signaller, Heytesbury Camp, Salisbury; and joined the 6th Field Artillery Brigade in February, 1918.

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