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Thomas Herbert BLAIR

Regimental number815
Place of birthKyneton, Victoria
SchoolHigh School, Kyneton, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
AddressMollison Street, Kyneton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, William Thomas Blair, Mollison Street, Kyneton, Victoria
Previous military service49th Infantry; Served with the 100th and 55th Senior Cadets, Kyneton; and as a Lieutenant in the 49th (Prahran) Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces, Victoria.
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name38th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 May 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Date of death28 May 1917
Age at death20.3
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialStand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 8), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Thomas and Elizabeth BLAIR, Mollison Street, Kyneton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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