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BLACKETT, Cephas Augustus Mortimer
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1241, Officer |
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Enlisted: | 16 February 1916, Enlisted under name of Mortimer Charles Blackett in 1st World War. His unit was the Permanent Supernumerary List. He served until 9 July 1919 when he was "struck off Strength of the AIF list "after returning to Australia. |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, 28 January 1881 |
Home Town: | Huonville, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Died: | Acute pancreatitis (Haemorrhage), Hillbrow, Johannesburg,Republic of South Africa., 10 August 1938, aged 57 years |
Cemetery: |
Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1241, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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31 Jan 1900: | Involvement 1241, After 8 months in the Anglo-Boer War had 3 years in Transvaal Volunteers and 1 Year in the Natal Light Horse in German South West Africa. |
World War 1 Service
16 Feb 1916: | Enlisted Lieutenant, 1241, Enlisted under name of Mortimer Charles Blackett in 1st World War. His unit was the Permanent Supernumerary List. He served until 9 July 1919 when he was "struck off Strength of the AIF list "after returning to Australia. | |
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16 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Served in WW1 as Mortimer Charles Blackett