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BLACKIE, John Wallace
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX65224 |
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Enlisted: | 31 July 1940, Paddington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 24 November 1899 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Chartered Accountant |
Died: | Illness, Borneo, 2 June 1945, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 13 No known grave Roll of Honour Sydney , Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, NX65224 | |
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31 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Paddington, NSW | |
31 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, NX65224, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
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2/20 Battalion
Rank - Warrant Officer 1
Son of Walter and Helen Blackie; husband of Mary Catherine Blackie, of Haberfield, New South Wales.