Tuesday 11 December 2018

Remembering Those Who Served: 100 Years of WW1 Commemoration -


Rifleman John Blatch -

(brother of Private Ernest Blatch in next post)

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 Service Number: 25/1191
· Rank: Rifleman
· Full Name: John Robert Blatch
· Born: Dunedin, Otago, in 1875· Parents: Alfred F. Blatch (father), Otautau and Ellen Maria M. M. A. (mother) - nee Monson
· Occupation on Elistment: Farmer at Opotiki

· Force: Army
· Unit: NZ Rifle Brigade, 3 Battalion, D Company
· Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
· Embarkation Date: 5 February 1916
· Transport: HMNZT 42 HMNZT 43 HMNZT 44
· Vessel: Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
· Destination: Suez, Egypt
· Date of death: 15 September 1916
· Place of death: Somme, France
· Cause of Death: Killed in action
· Cemetery: Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, France 


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