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Richard charles BLAKE

Regimental number4733
Place of birthCamberwell, Victoria
SchoolCamberwell State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationKitchenman
AddressMental Hospital, Kew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Miss K Blake, Mental Hospital, Kew, Victoria
Enlistment date25 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Cyclists Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia, Harefield Hospital, England.
FateDied of disease 2 November 1918
Date of death2 November 1918
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCrowley (St. Lawrence) Churchyard (Australian 78), Middlesex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard Charles and Annia BLAKE. Born at Camberwell, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6958 Pte Sydney BLAKE, 7th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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