Regimental number | 2220 |
Place of birth | Port Arthur, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Driver |
Address | St Helens, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 135 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A J Blackwood, St Helens, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Trench Mortar Battery |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Borre British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 1), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 19 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: A.J. and Elvena BLACKWOOD. Native of Kellerie, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Cousin: Chaplain Donald Burns BLACKWOOD MC, Chaplains' Department, returned to Australia, 12 December 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Taken on strength, 12th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 6 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 5 April 1916. Trnsferred to 3rd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 2 August 1916. Promoted Lance Corporal, 20 February 1917; Corporal, 3 May 1917. On leave to Paris, 24-28 November 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 23 January 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 7 February 1918. Killed in action, 24 July 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BLACKWOOD Gordon |