Regimental number | 5990 |
Place of birth | Sorell, Tasmania |
School | State School, Nugent; Queen's College, Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | No religion |
Occupation | State schoo teacher |
Address | Bruni, Tasmania |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M M Blackmore, 239 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Published a book of poems, "Shade and Echo", in 1909. Died of pneumonia at Weymouth, England. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 32 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Melcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3038), Dorset |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 65 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Louisa Maria BLACKMORE, husband of Myrtle May BLACKMORE, 20 Bath Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania. Born at Nugent |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |