John Blake

Personal Information
Date of Birth	Not known
Place of Birth	unknown
Death	unknown
Place of Death	unknown
Age at Enlistment	24 years old
Description	none provided
Occupation	labourer
Religion	Church of England
Address	Cardup, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Brother Mr William Blake
Military Information
Reg Number	1455
Date of Enlistment	19 Nov 1914
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	16th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Date of Embarkation	22 Feb 1915 - 24 Mar 1915
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A50 Itonus
Date of Return	24 Jul 1919 - 17 Aug 1919
Ship Returned On	SS Khyber
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	Armadale War Memorial (Beenup panel)
Medals	1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

The 1914 Electoral Roll lists John Blake, a woodcutter in Cardup.

War Service

"The Old Sixteenth" by Captain C. Longmore includes an Appendix listing all members of the unit, original, and by reinforcement number, and this includes 1455 Pte John Blake as a member of the 2nd reinforcement draft.

"John Blake enlisted November, 1914, and went to Egypt with the 2nd reinforcements of the 16th Battalion."

Post War

No clearly identifiable Electoral Records entry post WW1.

Notes

B2455 Army record not found on either the National Archives website, nor in the collection held by Ancestry.com.

However, the position of the name on the memorial suggests an early enlistment, and the AIF Project website image suggests that someone by that name did enlist and served overseas with the 16th Battalion.

External Links

• AIF Project
• RSL Memorial