Service Number: 1626
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, February 1893
Home Town: Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 5 July 1917
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
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Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier War Memorial
John (Jack) Blackmore was from a Glencoe farming family. He enlisted, aged 23, in March 1916 and was posted to the 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Embarked for England and attended Grenade School in Lyndhurst, where he trained in explosives. In France he was severely wounded on 4 July 1917 and died of wounds the next day.
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, February 1893
Home Town: Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 5 July 1917
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
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Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier War Memorial
John (Jack) Blackmore was from a Glencoe farming family. He enlisted, aged 23, in March 1916 and was posted to the 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Embarked for England and attended Grenade School in Lyndhurst, where he trained in explosives. In France he was severely wounded on 4 July 1917 and died of wounds the next day.
Service Number: 1626
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, February 1893
Home Town: Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 5 July 1917
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
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Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier War Memorial
John (Jack) Blackmore was from a Glencoe farming family. He enlisted, aged 23, in March 1916 and was posted to the 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Embarked for England and attended Grenade School in Lyndhurst, where he trained in explosives. In France he was severely wounded on 4 July 1917 and died of wounds the next day.
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, February 1893
Home Town: Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 5 July 1917
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
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Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier War Memorial
John (Jack) Blackmore was from a Glencoe farming family. He enlisted, aged 23, in March 1916 and was posted to the 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Embarked for England and attended Grenade School in Lyndhurst, where he trained in explosives. In France he was severely wounded on 4 July 1917 and died of wounds the next day.
Gravesite Details
Lance Corporal, 43rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died of wounds. Age: Unknown.
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