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Cyril Falkner BLAXLAND

Regimental number4367
Place of birthHunters Hill New South Wales
SchoolKing's School, Goulburn, NSW
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPenrith, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Blaxland c/o Mrs C J Manning, Hunter's Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name18th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGreat-grandson of Gregory BLAXLAND, Australian explorer.
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1917
Place of death or woundingnr Ypres, Belgium
Date of death1 October 1917
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Gregory and Margaret Camden BLAXLAND, Alexandra Street, Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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