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Personal data

• Name BLAKE
• Initials ET
• First name EDWARD THOMAS
• Place of birth London
• Country England
• Family Son of Arthur Goodwin Blake and Elizabeth Blake. Of Mile End, London.
• Profession Engine cleaner

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 22 October 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
• Service number 228
• Rank Driver
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 14th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 5th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked Melbourne 11 February 1915; to France June 1916

Death

• Wounded 27 August 1917
• Type of wounds Died of multiple shrapnel wounds, n°2 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 30 August 1917
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVIII - C - 8

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