Regimental number | 6217 |
Place of birth | Norwood, South Australia |
School | Pulteney Street School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Rose Park, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mrs M E Bleechmore, Watson Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served as a Sergeant, Army Service Corps, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 21.11 |
Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row C, Grave No. 16A), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 95 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frank Sidney and Maria Ellen BLEECHMORE. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: Lt Reginald Charles BLEECHMORE, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 24 August 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |