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Peter James BLANCH

Regimental number2277
Place of birthPort Stephens New South Wales
SchoolMullwee Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOysterman
AddressKarnah, Port Stephens, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Blanch, Karnah, Port Stephens, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 July 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death19 July 1917
Age at death26
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave No. 26), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Reginald and Ann BLANCH, Salt Ash, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother (twin): 2932 Pte George Arthur BLANCH, 36th Bn, killed in action, 30 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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