Thomas BLANDFORD

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Service Number:	3681
Enlisted:	18 August 1915, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Huntly, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Huntly State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Huntly Memorial Hall Honor Roll, Tranancore St. George's Church of England Parkville Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3681, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3681, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
21 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, France
9 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3681, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3681 awm_unit: awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-09

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Brothers:

George Blandford 3459, 57th Btn, RTA 27 July 1917;

Charles Walter Blandford 5657, 59th Btn, KIA 12 December 1916:

Ernest Henry Blandford 1438, Boer War, KIA 12 June 1901.

Son of Julia and the late Charles Thomas Blandford, husband of Madge R. Blandford, 15 Princes Street, Flemington, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal