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William Allan BLACKNEY

Regimental number6105
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolState School, Geelong, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFisherman
Address162 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Blackney, 162 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date6 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 31 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMericourt, France
Date of death12 December 1916
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 13), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WILLIAM GEORGE AND SUSAN Blackney, husband of A. BLACKNEY, 19 Addison Street, St. Kilda, Victoria. Native of Geelong
Family/military connectionsCousins
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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