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BLACKLOW, MERVYN WILLIAM (Billy)

Service no 3901 Lieutenant 12th Battalion Born 23 March 1892 at Bagdad, Tasmania Son of Frederick H BLACKLOW & Annie nee HALLAM Occupation prior to enlistment Orchardist Studio portrait of Lieutenant Mervyn William Blacklow, 12th Battalion of Bagdad, Tas. An orchadist prior to his enlistment on 23 August 1915, he embarked for service on 24 November 1915 from Melbourne on board RMS Orontes. Blacklow was killed in action on 11 August 1918 age 26, the son of Frederick Henry and Sarah Anne Blacklow of Tasmania, he is buried in 526 Heath Cemetery Harbonnieres in France

A correspondent at Bagdad writes
 
The report of the death of Lieutenant Blacklow in action was received with general regret. He was an orohardist. He was the centre of attraction in all football and cricket teams of which he was a member and his performances stamped him as a first-class athlete. The deceased officer's brother, Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Blacklow, D.S.O., belongs to a machine-gun corps, and is at present in France. Ho is a fine rifle- man, and was a member of an

Australian Bisley team.
The Mercury 20th September 1918
 

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