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BLAIR, James Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 264 |
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Enlisted: | 28 March 1916, Enlisted Dalyston Victoria allocated to 10th MG Company at Port Melbourne Victoria on 7th May 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Belfast Ireland UK, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Loch, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes , 31 July 1949, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Presbyterian Section IWGC report dated 1950 |
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World War 1 Service
28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 264, Enlisted Dalyston Victoria allocated to 10th MG Company at Port Melbourne Victoria on 7th May 1916 | |
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16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 264, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 264, 10th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
2 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Training Depots, Taken on Strength of MG Details Parkhouse UK for training | |
5 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, Taken on Strength of Unit reinforcement’s at Parkhouse UK | |
4 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, Taken on Strength of the Unit in the field France | |
9 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Taken on Strength of Unit in the field France ex illness Bronchitis and Influenza severe England | |
27 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 264, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment ex Return on HT Takada 18July 1919 |
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