John Bamford Blagdon HALE

HALE, John Bamford Blagdon

Service Number: 3121
Enlisted: 7 September 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Geraldton, Western Australia, 1884
Home Town: Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling: State School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness, Perth, Western Australia, 8 January 1935
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3121, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
18 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3121, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3121, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
28 Aug 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3121, 2nd Pioneer Battalion

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John Bamford Blagdon HALE was born in Geraldton, Western Australia in 1884

His parents were Robert Owen HALE & Elizabeth Mary GALLAGHER

He enlisted in Blackboy Hill, WA on 7th September, 1915 and embarked from Fremantle with the 28th Infantry Battalion on the HMAT Medic on 18th January, 1916 - he returned to Australia on 28th August, 1919 

John died of Illness in the No. 11 Repatriation Ward in Perth Hospital and is buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery

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His brother Walter Bamford HALE (SN 51) served in the 10th Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia in 1916

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