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Alfred BLONDETT

Regimental number1224
SchoolNott St State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGripman
Address61 Dow Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Edward A J Blondett
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted April 1915; arrived at Gallipoli in August and remained here until December 1915, when he was removed to hospital with frost-bitten hands and feet. Arrived in France April 1916; wounded at Bullecourt, 3 May 1917, was hospitalised in England for several months before returning to France.
FateKilled in Action 11 November 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Alfred James
Date of death11 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 20), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Jane BLONDETT, East Brunswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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