Alan Russell Blacket
(Confirmed)
Born: 9 February, 1894
Died: 16 August, 1916
Biographical Summary:
Son of James Russell Blacket and Isabel Blacket, of ‘Collooney’, Gladstone Avenue, Mosman.
Law III : Lieutenant, 19th Battn., A.I.F., France.
Enlisting in June, 1915, and sailing 21st December, joined battn. in Egypt and, crossing to France, served at Armentieres and Pozieres where wounded by shellburst 30th July, 1916, a few days after taking up duty.
Died of Wounds, Boulogne Hospital, 16th August, 1916, and was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Early education at All Saints' College, Bathurst.
See also Tony Cable's research on the blog.
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- Member of - Sydney University Scouts
- Member of - University of Sydney
- Member of - ,,
- Member of - 19th Battalion, AIF
Main Sources:
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Website)
- AWMEmbarkation Roll (Website)
- Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Bureau Files (Website)
- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour (Website)
- Enlistment Record NAA (Website)
- BLACKET ALAN RUSSELL Book of Remembrance University of Sydney (Webpage)
- Mosman men of All Saints College Bathurst (Webpage)
- Lieut A R Blackett in the Bathurstian (Photograph)
- ALL SAINTS’ BOYS (Newspaper Article)
- DEATH OF LT ALAN BLACKET BISHOP LONG’S TRIBUTE (Newspaper Article)
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Newspaper Article)
- DIED OF WOUNDS LIEUT A R BLACKET (Newspaper Article)
- CASUALTIES NEW SOUTH WALES DIED OF WOUNDS (Newspaper Article)
- ANZAC DAY TODAY’S CELEBRATIONS BATHURST MAGNIFICENT EFFORT (Newspaper Article)
- IN MEMORIAM 16 August 1917 (Newspaper Article)
Commemorations:
- BLACKET A. R. on the West Face of the
