BLACKMORE, Henry John
(Service number 3/1824)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 1878 or 1891? | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Engineer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | A.B Blackmore (brother), Rhodes St, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Hospital Ship No.1, Maheno (Second Charter); (2) NZ Hospital Ship No1 Maheno (Third Departure from NZ) Staff; (3) Hospital Ship No.1 Maheno (Fourth Charter); (4) Hospital Ship No.1 Maheno (Fourth Charter, Second Sailing. | ||
| Date | 25/1/1916; 6/5/1916;20/10/1917; 28/2/1918 | ||
| Transport | Maheno | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Sea |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Medical Corps | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 August 1918 | Age | 39 |
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| Place of Death | New Zealand | ||
| Cause | Died of disease | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimataitai School War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Henry Blackmore was the son of Joseph and Nancy Blackmore. "Henry John Blackmore was born on 22 August 1878. He was an engineer at Smithfield Freezing Works. He did not marry. He was a keen sportsman, mainly as a trout fisherman. It was a special treat for me to be taken in his sidecar to his hut at the Opihi River. He was a keen motorcyclist and his many motorbikes, from his 1908 Triumph onward, were entrusted to my polishing cloth. He went to World War I and died shortly after his return in August 1918." - Genealogical notes from E F Ian Blackmore, 22 April 2014.
Sources
Cenotaph Sep 2013; Genealogical notes supplied by E F Ian Blackmore in correspondence to Tony Rippin on 22 April 2014 (see Mail ID# 149102) which gives his date of birth as 1878 (not 1891 as cenotaph records)
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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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