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John Cecil BLACKLER

Regimental number2110
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolCleveland Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTinsmith
AddressSt Cloud, Riley Street, Kogarah, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, H Blackler, Walker Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 June 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Date of death13 June 1916
Age at death23.11
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBrewery Orchard Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 38), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary and the late Henry Joseph BLACKLER, "Afrie", Bay Street, Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales

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