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BLAKE, Ernest Fleming

Service Number:	7876
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, Queensland Submariners' Memorial Plaque, Teneriffe Submariners Walk

Non Warlike Service

22 Feb 1913:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, Brisbane, Queensland

World War 2 Service

22 Feb 1913:	Enlisted 7876

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker, 7876, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea

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