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Harold Christopher BLEWETT

Regimental number3318
Place of birthDeniliquin New South Wales
SchoolState School No 208, Echuca, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressEchuca, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Katherine Ann Campbell, Echuca, Victoria
Enlistment date1 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death1 October 1917
Age at death20.5
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row E, Grave No. 13A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Katherine Ann BLEWETT, Lansborough Street, Echuca, Victoria. Native of Deniliquin, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsNephew: 2465 J HARVEY, returned to Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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