In Memory Of

BLATCHLY, CHARLES DOUGLAS CARRINGTON

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1516
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 51st Bn.
Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Date of Death:
 1919-10-20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gas
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 V. 107.
Cemetery:
 SUTTON CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Charles Alexander and Louisa Lucy (nee Coussement) Blatchly, of 27 Russell Road, Port Elizabeth. Husband of of Josephine Jessie (nee Elston) Blatchly, of 38, Great St. Andrews St., Seven Dials, London. Born Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Played rugby for the Olympic RFC in Port Elizabeth; a harness maker in Perth, Western Australia before enlisting 3 May 1915; served with the 28th & the 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry in Egypt, France & Belgium; WIA several times, including gas; evacuated back to England; married Registry Office at St Giles, London 25 June 1918; discharged permanently unfit 19 February 1919. Commemorated on Australian War Memorial, Canberra; the Roll of Honour in Perth, Western Australia & on the Olympic RFC, PE WWI ROH