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BLACKETT, Hilton Sidney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3258 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1916, 8th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 20 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Locomotive driver |
| Died: | Marickville, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1973, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3258, 55th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3258, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3258, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3258, 55th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), Gassed in France | |
| 19 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy | |
| 9 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3258, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged medically unfit due to gas poisoning |
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