Kenneth Edmund BLAXALL

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BLAXALL, Kenneth Edmund

Service Number:	2772
Enlisted:	14 November 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hornsey, England, 1890
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Woodford House School, Brickington, Kent, UK
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

14 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2772, 38th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2772, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2772, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 2772, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2772 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Kenneth Edmund BLAXALL was born in Hornsey, England in 1890 - his Commonwealth War Graves record states he was a native of Crouch End, UK

His parents were Edmund Arthur BLAXALL & Evelyn SALES of 66 Park Rd, Brentwood, Essex, England

He was killed in action at Passchendaele aged 27.

He is remembered on the family grave in Brentwood along with his soldier brother who also fell. He was Second Lieutenant Harold Gurney Blaxall, aged 22, who served with the 7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment. He was killed less than a week earlier on 8th October 1917.

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