Blake, Leslie Russell, MC (Captain, b.1890 - d.1918)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0128
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Papers
Maker Blake, Leslie Russell
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Enoggera, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Egypt, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Sutton Veny, Western Front
Date made 1915-1918; 1928
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/483
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to service of Captain Leslie Russell Blake MC, 105 Howitzer Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Egypt, France 1915-1918. Collection includes copies of letters sent to his brother in Australia. Copies made by the Australian War Memorial 1928. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Captain Leslie Russell Blake, MC, 5 Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. Mentioned in Despatches. Died of wounds, France, 3 October 1918. Son of Thomas Henry and Maria Louisa Blake. Born at Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.