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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
47813
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
May 11, 1893
Henley-on-Thames, England
Enlistment:
May 26, 1915
Niagara, Ontario
Death:
November 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXII. G. 10.
Additional information
Son of Captain Walter Blackall of Oxfordshire, England.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private Herbert George Blackall
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Newspaper Clipping
Obituary for 47813 Pte HG Blackall, No. 1 Company, 15th Battalion DOW received at Passchendaele 7 Nov 1917. Submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 433 of 734 -
Grave Marker
Grave of Pte Herbert G Blackall MM, 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Dileas Gu Brath. Photo by BGen G Young 15th Bn Memorial Project Team 11 Nov 09 -
Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Group Photo
Bombing section of 4 Platoon, #1 Company, 15th Bn just before battle of Hill 70 August 1917. Pte H Blackall is in the first row lying down, 2nd from the left. Photo from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, ON Submitted by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cao Badge 37th Bn (Northern Ontario). Privatel Blackall recipient of the Military Medal awarded for Bravery in the field was originally a member of the 37th Bn but was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Photo of Herbert George Blackall
Herbert George Blackall British home child -
Inscriptions
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Inscriptions
Herbert Blackall British home child
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Blackall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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