Born | Huntly, 1877 |
Service Number | 1438 |
Final Rank | Private |
Last Unit | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Date of Death | 12/Jun/1901 |
Place of Burial or Memorial | Middelburg Old Municipal Cemetery |
Country | Sth Africa |
Comments | KIA at Wilmansrust in the eastern Transvaal. His brother Charles Walter BLANDFORD also served, returned to Australia and later enlisted in WW1. He died on 12 December 1916 while serving with the 59th Battalion. Another brother Thomas BLANDFORD also served in WW1 and died on 9 May 1917 while serving with the 57th Battalion. |