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Herbert Tom BLINMAN

Regimental number6008
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolNorth Adelaide State School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressPost 0ffice, Fimiston, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Blinman, 124 Carr Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll6008A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 August 1919
Place of death or woundingLihons, France
Date of death16 August 1918
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot V, Row H, Grave No. 16), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Tom and Agnes Black BLINMAN, 124 Carr Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1457 Sergeant Major Harold Goldie BLINMAN, 16th Bn, died of wounds, 4 July 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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