Regimental number | 1667 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Goolunga, South Australia |
School | Adelaide High School, SA |
Other training | University Training College, SA |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | Sydenham Road, Norwood, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Martha Blacket, Sydenham Road, Norwood, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military Forces, SA. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Unit: INF27 Promotion date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He was killed by a German officer who had been taken prisoner. The officer pulled out a pistol, shot Blacket, and ran towards the German lines; he (the officer) was shot and killed. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Morlancourt, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 23.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 6), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 109 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Martha J. BLACKET, Sailsbury, South Australia. Native of Koolunga, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: Captain John Wesley BLACKET, 27th Bn, Mentioned in Despatches; killed in action, Messines, 4 July 1916. |