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William James BLAKE

Regimental number3110
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolViolet Street State School, Bendigo, Victoria
Other trainingPrivate study for the ministry
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraper
AddressBendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Samuel John Blake, 'Ellerslie,' Forest Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceServd as a Sergeant in the Citizen Military Forces, Bendigo, Victoria.
Enlistment date25 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1918
Place of death or woundingnr Belleglise, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialJeancourt 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

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