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Archibald Evatt BLAND

Regimental number702
Place of birthGloucester, England
SchoolCheltenham College, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionProtestant
OccupationEngineer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs I Bland, 1 Fairybower Road, Manly, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name1st Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 22 December 1914
FateDied of wounds 23 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozi?res, France
Date of death23 July 1916
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 53), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Harriet BLAND; husband of Isabel BLAND, 266 Arder Street, Coogee, New South Wales

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