Regimental number | 3110 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Violet Street State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
Other training | Private study for the ministry |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Draper |
Address | Bendigo, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Samuel John Blake, 'Ellerslie,' Forest Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Previous military service | Servd as a Sergeant in the Citizen Military Forces, Bendigo, Victoria. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/77/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 46th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | nr Belleglise, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 3), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 141 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Myers Bendigo Roll of Honor. Parents: Samuel John and Euphemia BLAKE. Born at Bendigo, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |