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BLENKINSOP, John David
Personal Details
Service Number: | 710 |
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Enlisted: | 13 September 1914, Rosebery Park Camp, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Askern, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 14 December 1893 |
Home Town: | Ballimore, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner and Bushman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 710, Rosebery Park Camp, New South Wales | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 710, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 710, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
13 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
27 Oct 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, For gallantry and devotion to duty when on the nights of 19 and 20 August 1915 Sgt Blenkinsop (then a Corporal in the 13th Battn. A.I.F.) was sent out to gain information as to the country in front, in view of an attack by the 13th Battn. on 21 August. This work was carried out by him very skillfully in face of considerable danger and the information gained was of considerable use in the attack that followed. | |
8 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 710, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 710 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
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