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Edwin Algernon Heighington Aylmer Blacklin

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 59 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 59 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin Algernon Heighington Aylmer AWMM
  • Surname
    Blacklin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Aylmer-Blacklin AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/47 AWMM
    • WWI 3/2371 AWMM
    • WWI 18729 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 September 1880 AWMM Windsor Castle, England AWMM
    Windsor Castle, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 11 August 1914 AWMM 19 Barker Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 29 October 1914 AWMM 46 Boulcott Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Macklin-Cook (mother), 82 Alexandra Road, South Hampstead, London, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 22 March 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Samoa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/47 AWMM
    • WWI 3/2371 AWMM
    • WWI 18729 AWMM
  • Military service
    Harrow School Cadets 1892 - 1896 AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 4 inches AWMM
    • Medical, Unknown Period AWMM
      Disability, epileptic seizures AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Examined in 1915 the medical report noted "gunshot wounds both legs", "sword wound above right eye and appendicitis scar."

    Discharged 1914 from combat service, he served Home service in Military Camp until passage to England as an indulgence passenger.

    Correspondence on his file indicates all of his military service with Imperial Forces before WW1 was falsified. Whilst he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, his attested details are likely also incorrect.

    His service record includes a newspaper report from the Daily Mirror, dated 11 October 1918, "Posed as a doctor. Blacklin was sentenced to 6 months in prison for giving false information, wearing military ribbons without authority and of wearing a uniform so closely resembling naval uniform as to be calculated to deceive."

    Attested with surname as Aylmer-Blacklin. Recorded in New Zealand Military records and elsewhere with surname Blacklin. AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22276528
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 59 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      61: 3 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM

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