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BLAIR, Donald Mitchell

Service Number:	5501
Enlisted:	9 May 1916, Broadmeadows, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Moe, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Buried by mine explosion, body not recovered, Belgium, 20 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Seaham Memorial Gates, Seaham Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5501, Tunnelling Companies, Broadmeadows, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5501, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAY 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
6 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
20 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5501, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5501 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-04-20

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Donald Mitchell BLAIR was born in Moe, Victoria in 1896

His parents were James BLAIR & Eliza MITCHELL