Second Lieutenant

Arthur Ross Blackman

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Arthur and Annie Blackman, of 40A, O'Neill's St., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
23/968
Name:
Arthur Ross Blackman
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Arthur Blackman (father), 40A O'Neill Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand|A. Blackman (father), 40A O'Neill Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Unknown occupation|Warehouseman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
09 September 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Places of Embarkation:

Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
HMNZT 101
Vessels:

Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Tofua
Destinations:

Suez, Egypt (15 November 1915)
Southampton, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
V. C. 14.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Arthur Ross Blackman
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