Rupert Harcourt BLAIN

BLAIN, Rupert Harcourt

    Service Numbers: 3760, V352685
    Enlisted: 1 March 1916, Warrnambool, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
    Born: Terang, Victoria, 9 February 1887
    Home Town: Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Natural Causes, Warrnambool, Victoria, 4 November 1952, aged 65 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3760, 29th Infantry Battalion, Warrnambool, Victoria
    19 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3760, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    19 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3760, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
    9 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
    4 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
    9 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3760, 29th Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    11 Apr 1942: Enlisted Private, V352685, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Port Campbell, Victoria
    11 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V352685
    20 Apr 1943: Discharged Private, V352685, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)

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    Biography

    "...3760 Sergeant Rupert Harcourt Blain, B Company, 29th Battalion of Warrnambool, Vic. A carpenter prior to his enlistment on 1 March 1916 he embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Commonwealth on 19 September 1916 and returned to Australia on 16 January 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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