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Personal data

• Name BLACKWOOD
• Initials LS
• First name LEONARD STANLEY
• Place of birth Coburg
• Country 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
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• 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.
• Date of death 7 October 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - I - 19

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