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George Alfred BLUNT

Regimental number4747
Place of birthHuntly, Lucknow, near Orange, New South Wales
SchoolLucknow Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLucknow via Orange, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 7.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, C Blunt, Lucknow via Orange, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Orange Troop.
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Place of enlistmentOrange, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
FateDied of wounds 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Date of death19 July 1916
Age at death34.9
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Fanny BLUNT, 'Hamhead', Lucknow, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 55th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.

Promoted Corporal and appointed Lance Sergeant, 2 May 1916.

Promoted Sergeant, 31 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Died of wounds, No 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 19 July 1916.

Admitted dead to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 19 July 1916.

Buried Bailleul Cemetery, no date stated.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Statement, Red Cross File No 430706, 2462 Corporal E.H. THORNTHWAITE, 55th Bn (patient, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefiueld, England), 16 October 1916: 'At Fleurbaix he was hit by a shell in our trenches, he was badly hit in the legs, same shell as hit me. I was alongside at the time, but it buried me. Sergt. Doyle told me he got both legs blown off, and died.'

Second statement, 3307 Pte M. WALKER, A Company, 55th Bn, 30 November 1916: 'He had his legs shattered by a shell at Fleurbaix on July 19th. I saw him sitting on the side of the support trench after he was hit. He was taken away and we heard that he died in a hospital in England.'

Third statement, 3098 Pte F. JOHNSTON, A Company, 55th Bn (patient, Bevan Military Hospital, Sandgate, England), 8[?] September 1917: 'He saw Sergt. Goerge Blunt and Pte. Fred Horsfield (from Grange) A. Coy. killed by a shell in a communication trench about 5 p.m.'

Fourth statement, 3159 Pte H. ROBINSON, A Company, 55th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Etaples), 18 November 1916: 'I saw him after he was wounded at Fleurbaix by a shell, on the night of July 19th. Both his legs were badly shattered. This occurred while we were in supports ... He was very bad when I saw him.'
SourcesNAA: B2455, BLUNT George Alfred
Red Cross File No 430706

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