Sergeant Charles Blake

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Charles Blake

Ancestor's date of birth: 1865

Ancestor's date of death: 1953

Cause of Death: Old Age

Service Number: 676

Colony or State of enlistment: Not Applicable, Place of Enlistment: Buckinghamshire UK

Unit: 2nd Dragoon Guards then 1st Worcester Regiment

Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided

Murray Page: Not Applicable

Contingent: Not Applicable

Ship: Detail not provided

Memorial details: Toowoomba Cemetery Queensland

Decorations: King's South Africa Medal 1901-1902

Personal Characteristics: Reliable, strong, brave and true man. Hard working through difficult times.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: Detail not provided

Service and life after the Boer War: Armory Sgt Blake 1st Class came to Queensland Australia on the Ship Brigalow in 1908. He was married in Bombay India in 1893.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Helen Walker Dulong
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

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