BLACKADDER, Edwin Roland
| Service Number: | 1403 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW PLOT - East Terrace 2 Wall 7 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1403, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1403, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
Australians Honoured.
Lance-corporal Edwin Roland Blackadder,
son of Mrs. C. Blackadder, of No. 5 Temple
street, Stanmore, has been awarded the Military
Medal for bravery on the field. The act
for which the award has been made, is thus
officially described, by Lieutenant-colonel
Morshead; "On October 15, at Hill 40, north-
east of Ypres, Lance-corporal Blackadder was
on duty with the regimental transport, carrying
rations to the forward position. On the
convoy coming under heavy shell fire and
machine gun fire from enemy aircraft, he dis-
played both initiative and courage in getting
his men and animals into shell holes. Under
heavy shellfire he worked indefatigably at
extricating several animals that were bogged.
The success in getting rations forward was
largely due to this non-commissioned officer,
whose courage, determination, and devotion
to duty, largely stimulated the convoy to
greater efforts."
From Trove
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15770092?searchTerm=Edwin%20Roland%20Blackadder - Tue 15 Jan 1918
Submitted 19 March 2024 by Deborah Warnock