Virtual War Memorial | Cephas Augustus Mortimer (Mort) BLACKETT MBE

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BLACKETT, Cephas Augustus Mortimer

Service Numbers:	1241, Officer
Enlisted:	16 February 1916, Enlisted under name of Mortimer Charles Blackett in 1st World War. His unit was the Permanent Supernumerary List. He served until 9 July 1919 when he was "struck off Strength of the AIF list "after returning to Australia.
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, 28 January 1881
Home Town:	Huonville, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Journalist
Died:	Acute pancreatitis (Haemorrhage), Hillbrow, Johannesburg,Republic of South Africa., 10 August 1938, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1241, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
31 Jan 1900:	Involvement 1241, After 8 months in the Anglo-Boer War had 3 years in Transvaal Volunteers and 1 Year in the Natal Light Horse in German South West Africa.

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted Lieutenant, 1241, Enlisted under name of Mortimer Charles Blackett in 1st World War. His unit was the Permanent Supernumerary List. He served until 9 July 1919 when he was "struck off Strength of the AIF list "after returning to Australia.
16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Served in WW1 as Mortimer Charles Blackett