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BLANCH, Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 575 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Swan Hill, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | St Arnaud, Victoria, October 1894 |
Home Town: | Culgoa, Buloke, Victoria |
Schooling: | St Arnaud State School, Gowar East State School and Goschen State School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row B, Grave 17 , Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birchip War Memorial, Swan Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 575, Swan Hill, Victoria | |
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6 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 575, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: '' | |
6 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 575, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Melbourne | |
20 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 575, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 575 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-20 |
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4 Light Horse
Rank Trooper
16 May 1915 Proceeded from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli.
2 June 1915 Found guilty of disobeying an order: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.
20 June 1915 Killed in action, Bullet Head, Gallipoli,
Son of Henry and Victoria Blanch, of Birchip, Victoria, Australia.