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Reginald Alfred John BLUNDELL

Regimental number5314
Date of birth25 July 1894
Place of birthNorwood, South Australia
SchoolRichmond and Sturt Street Public Schools, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationCabinet-maker
AddressRichmond, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice C Blundell, Milner Street, Richmond, South Australia
Previous military service78th Infantry
Enlistment date6 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 14 January 1919
Discharge date3 April 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1897 Lance Corporal Herbert Pole BLUNDELL, 27th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 December 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 28 March 1917, at Lagnicourt; invalided to Reading War Hospital, England; returned to duty, 23 August 1917.

Disembarked in Australia, 25 February 1918; discharged, 3 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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