Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Victor Eric Blakeney
Victor Eric Blakeney
Service number: 338
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: GALLIPOLI 29. Ari Burnu Cemetery Anzac
War Grave Register notes: BLAKENEY, Tpr. Victor Eric, 338. 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Age 22. Son of William and Emma Blakeney, of Yarck, Victoria, Australia. A. 7.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Victor Eric Blakeney from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 338 |
School | State School, Yarck, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Engine driver |
Address | Yarck, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Blakeney, Yarck, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | 19 September 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1915 |
Place of death or wounding | The Nek, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | 7 August 1915 |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Ari Burnu Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 7), Anzac, Gallipoli |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Emma BLAKENEY, Yarck, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3132 Sapper Egene BLAKENEY, Railway Unit, returned to Australia. |
Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Gallipoli CampaignBattles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Victor Eric Blakeney