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BLAKE, Ernest Fleming
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7876 |
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Enlisted: | 22 February 1913, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Stoker |
Last Unit: | HMAS AE1 (Submarine) |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 5 March 1892 |
Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Drowned in accidental loss of vessel), St George's Channel, Papua New Guinea, 14 September 1914, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea) |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1), Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Queensland Submariners' Memorial Plaque, Teneriffe Submariners Walk |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
22 Feb 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, Brisbane, Queensland |
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World War 2 Service
22 Feb 1913: | Enlisted 7876 |
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World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker, 7876, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea |
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