Participant Info

Given Name

Thomas John

Family Name

Blake

Service Number

1976

Place of Birth

Rushworth VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Father, Francis M Murphy, Lindenow, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

165 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

26

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A70 Ballarat, Melbourne VIC on 18 February 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

29th Battalion

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium

Date of Death

26/09/1917

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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