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George Thomas BLATCHFORD

Regimental number4452
Place of birthChilders Queensland
SchoolDallarnil State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDallarnil, Childers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinBrother, N Blatchford, Dallarnil, Childers, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in the 1st/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance.
FateDied of wounds 23 July 1916
Date of death25 July 1916
Age at death22.10
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary BLATCHFORD. Natie of Dallarnil, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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