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Carlyle Eugene BLACKBURNE

Regimental number19778
Place of birthDaylesford, Victoria
SchoolMaryborough State School; Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o Flagstaff Hotel, High Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinFather, J Blackburne, c/o Flagstaff Hotel, High Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 30
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Place of death or woundingRiver Ancre, Somme sector, France
Date of death24 April 1918
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialBonny Communal Cemetery Extension (Row A, Grave No. 32), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Martha Jane BLACKBURNE, Maryborough, VIctoria. Native of Daylesford, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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