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Henry BLINMAN

Regimental number1792
Place of birthQuorn, South Australia
SchoolPublic Schools at Leigh Creek, Gladstone, and Hammond, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationContractor
AddressHughenden, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29.2
Height5' 2.5"
Weight112 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Hannah Cains, c/o T Patman, Yunta, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Place of enlistmentCharters Towers, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Row D, Grave No. 22), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth BLINMAN. Native of Beltana, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BLINMAN Henry

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