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Norman BLANK

Regimental number4378
Place of birthHatton Vale Queensland
SchoolEsk State School, Qld
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressEsk, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs Minnie Blank, Esk, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death6 October 1917
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row E, Grave No. 5A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Carl and Jane BLANK, husband of Minnie BLANK, Wellington Street, Coorparoo, Brisbane. Native of Esk, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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