Blackmore, Cecil Hargreaves

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D.C.M., Law : Lance-Corporal, 56th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 21st September, 1915, and sailing with 8th Reinforcements 20th Battn. 17th December, joined battn. at Tel-el-Kebir, 16th February, 1916, and, crossing to France, served at Fleurbaix, the Somme, Hindenburg Line, Bullecourt, Messines, Villers-Bretonneux, where gassed 18th April, 1918, and until demobilisation. Awarded D.C.M. 30th May, 1918.

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1895

Birth in Leichhardt -- NSW, Australia 18 January 1895
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Early education at Scone Grammar School, Welland, SA, Australia
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Early education at Fort Street High School, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
1915

Enlisted 21 Sep 1915
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Military service as Lance-Corporal at France --, France
1918

Military award: D.C.M. on 1918-05-30
1919

Assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions at Dubbo -- NSW, Australia 1919
1922

Married 18 Nov 1922 at Chatswood [ NSW Australia ]
1924

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1924
1929

Depositions Clerk at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 22 July 1929
1929

Assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions at Murwillumbah -- NSW, Australia 6 August 1929
1933

Clerk of Petty Sessions at Deniliquin -- NSW, Australia 17 July 1933
1937

Clerk of Petty Sessions and Chamber Magistrate at Grafton -- NSW, Australia 15 November 1937
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Buried at War Graves Section, Northern Suburbs Crematorium [ North Ryde Australia ]
1971

Death in Summer Hill -- NSW, Australia 2 March 1971

Gender

Male

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