Soldier profiles
Name : BLAKE, ALFRED ERIC
Service Number : VX21276
Date of Birth : 19/01/1903
Place of Birth : CRESWICK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 03/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BLAKE, VIOLET
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : N/A
Date Died : 14/11/1943
Age at Death : 40
Community Roll of Honour : COLLINGWOOD (VIC)
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, MYANMAR. A3. D. 19. / AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE AREA PANEL 72
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : 14/11/1943 / MALNUTRITION, DROPSY / 55 KILO CAMP (BURMA)
P.O.W. Camps (details) : 55 KILO (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial Death Circular, Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0008 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6208785 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Australian War Memorial
Background : Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Ann Blake; husband of Violet Blake, of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
