BLATCHFORD, William Henry
| Service Number: | 2676 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | England, United Kingdom, 9 September 1921, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2676, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2676, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
2576 Driver William Henry Blatchford,2nd Pioneer Battalion, Australian Infantry. Husband of Mrs. Hannah Jane Blatchford [nee Vercor] of 11 Exeter Road, Crediton; father of Leslie Blatchford. Licensee of the Oak Leaf Hotel in Crediton for many years. Born in Bodmin in 1872. Died in England 9 September 1921 aged 49. [Death record not found. Place of burial not found]
Births Jun 1872
BLATCHFORD William Harry Bodmin 5c 100
Blatchford William Henry Bodmin 5c 100
20542 Private Leslie William Blatchford 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Son of Mrs Hannah J. Blatchford and William H. Blatchford (see above). Born in Crocombe, Somerset in 1899. Died 27 August 1918 aged 19. [Vis-en-Artois Memorial-Panel 7.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Occupation Labourer
Address Yarram, Victoria
Age at embarkation 44
Enlistment date 25 May 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number 14/14/4
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Driver
Returned to Australia 6 September 1919, but subsequently sailed back to England
He is honoured, together with his son, on the Crediton War Memorial but he does not qualify for Great War dead status because he died just outside the qualifying date.
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