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Frederick Gordon BLOMFIELD

Regimental number4744
Place of birthEastern Creek, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressDeanleigh Hamilton Road, Fairfield, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs P E Blomfield, Deanleigh, Hamilton Road, Fairfield, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Fred Gordon Weston
Date of death19 July 1916
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 7) Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William James and Selina Blanche BLOMFIELD; husband of Ivy E. BLOMFIELD, 'Gilralla', Delamere Street, Cauley Vale, New South Wales. Native of Eastern Creek
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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