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William Vere Jardine BLAKE

Date of birth1 February 1894
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSolicitor
AddressQueenscliffe Road, Manly, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMrs R Blake, Queenscliffe Road, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit name35th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
Promotions

Captain


Unit: 35th Battalion
Promotion date: 1 October 1915

Major


Unit: 35th Battalion
Promotion date: 3 May 1917

Discharge date6 July 1920
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia, 20 January 1916 (enteric fever).

Taken on strength, 35th Bn, 1 May 1916.

Commenced return to Australia, 12 March 1920; discharged, 6 July 1920.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Postwar address (1928): R of O, 2nd Military District, or Tulagi, British Solomon Islands.

Also served in World War II as Colonel in charge of Allied Geographical Section, Brisbane, Queensland.

SourcesD.P. Mellor, 'The Role of Science and Industry', Australia in the War of 19391-1945, Series IV, Vol. V, p. 547.

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