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BLACKWELL, George Robert

Service Number:	11
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Wall of Mem 10 GG, 0151
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 11, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
12 Apr 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 11, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Embarked from Sydney on SS Armenian, bound for South Africa.
4 Aug 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 11, Elands River
23 Jun 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 11, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, R.T.A. from East London on the SS Orient bound for Sydney via Albany and Melbourne.
17 Jul 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 11, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Disembarked in Sydney for unit demobilization. Awarded QSA Medal with 5 clasps (CC OFS Tvl Rhod and SA01).

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