Richard Henry BLANK

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BLANK, Richard Henry

Service Number:	260
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Kingsbridge, Devon, England, 27 September 1876
Home Town:	Alton Downs, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer, Councilor
Died:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1943, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Alton Downs Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 260, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 260, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 260, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Richard Henry Hurrell Blank was born on 27 Sep 1876 at Kingsbridge, Devon, England, a son to Robert Eastley Blank and Martha Blank (nee Hurrell). He married Elizabeth Sarah Adams on 20 Mar 1907 in Queensland and they had five children.

He ventured to Queensland as a child with his parents settling in the Alton Downs district near Rockhampton, Queensland. He took an active interest in producer organisations and cooperative control. He served a term as representative of Alton Downs as a Councillor on the Fitzroy Shire Council.

(source- Obituary, The Central Queensland Herald, 16 Sep 1943).

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