BLAKE  F.R.

Given Names:  Frank Rupert

               

Service Number:  3169

Unit:  37th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  269510

 

Age:  28 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  153 Lbs

Chest:  35-38 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Jane Blake

Urvadale Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  19/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ulysses  

Embarked:  18/1/1919                               

Disembarked:  10/3/1919

Unit:  37th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  9/4/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  64008

Victory Medal:  61869

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  18/4/1887

Place:  North Melbourne, Victoria             

Father:  Thomas Symons BLAKE             

Mother:  Jane PAUL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Constance Emma CUTLER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 8/9/1975                            

Place: Malvern, Victoria                           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 9/4/1918; gassed

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary