Remembering Those Who Served: 100 Years of WW1 Commemoration -

Rifleman John Blatch -

(brother of Private Ernest Blatch in next post)

· 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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