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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Coburg
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Coburg
• Family Son of William and Amelia Marguerite Blackwood, of 15, Service St., Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Of Leonard's Hill, Daylesford, Victoria.
  Six brothers: William Herbert Vernon, Alexander Hamilton, John Carmichael, Edgar Ratcliffe Pring, Oscar Ernest, George Edward; Five sisters: Amelia Margueritte, Annie Ramsay, Elsie Florence, Olive Eveline, Myrtle Victoria
• Profession Clicker

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 16 February 1916, Brunswick, Victoria
• Service number 5337
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked 4 April 1916, Melbourne; Proceeded to France August 1916

Death

• Wounded 4 October 1917 shot wounds head fracture skull
• Type of wounds Died of wounds, n° 2 CCS.
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - I - 19

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