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BLAIR, Robert Johnston
(Service number 39291)

Aliases
First Rank Gunner Last Rank

Birth

Date 21 October 1888 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date 29 October 1917 Age 29 years
Address at Enlistment Maori Downs, Gilliat, Queensland
Occupation Selector and accountant
Previous Military Experience Grammar School Cadets - 18 months
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Robert BLAIR (mother), Blairholm, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with Australian Imperial Force Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 34th Reinforcement
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Field Artillery Brigade
Date 30 April 1918
Transport Port Darwin
Embarked From Sydney, New South Wales Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

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Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 21 March 1931 Age 42 years
Place of Death Bonda, Queensland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Maryborough Cemetery, Queensland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Johnston Blair, born on 21 October 1888 at Timaru, was the son of Robert and Margaret (née Adam) Blair. He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 20 October 1917 at Townsville, Queensland. Twenty-nine years old, a selector and accountant, and single, he nominated his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs Robert Blair, Blairholm, Maryborough, Queensland. He had served 18 months with the Grammar School Cadets. Robert married Ada Lillian Stafford in 1928 at Blairholm. He died on 21 March 1931 at Bonda, Queensland, aged 42 years, and was buried at Maryborough Cemetery. R. J. Blair was one of the soldiers whose photogaraphs were published in The Queenslander Pictorial, 1918.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 March 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 April 2020]; Find a Grave [22 April 2020]

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