BLAIR A.

Given Names:  Archibald

Service Number:  38028

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 31st reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

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Age:  20 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  115 Lbs

Chest:  30½-34 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Blue/Grey

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  14/2/1917

Place:  Hawthorn

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Blair

70 Cobden Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Unit:  5th Field Artillery                                                                                                                 

Rank:  Gunner

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  58883

Victory Medal:  57805

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  17/6/1896

Place:  Mayboles, Ayreshire, Scotland      

Father:  Charles Baird BLAIR                   

Mother:  Margaret Hunter KAY

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 22/5/1918                          

Place: Frechencourt, France                      

Burial:  Frechencourt Communal Cemetery, France

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 346065

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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