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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		BLACKETT
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Mortimer Cephas
Regimental Number		1241
Rank		Private
Unit Name		1st Australian Commonwealth Horse (Tas)
State		Tas
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: 'E'Coy. URL1: journalist aged 22 from Launceston Tas., born in Franklin Tas. next of kin father in Launceston. URL2: Tasmania's portion of the First Commonwealth Contingent [departed aboard 'Manchester Merchant' 16.2.1902] - Captain PERCEVAL in command. Lieut. GE REID (with rank of captain), paymaster, Lieut. H RIGGALL and BARWISE. Company-SM BRIANT. QMS MORRISBY. Sergts. LADE and TILLEY. Farrier-Sergt. LETTE. Corporals SMALLHORN and STOREY. Lance-Corporals LARNER and LAWSON (paid), Lance-Corporals MANNING and WILLIAMS. Saddler BARNES. Shoeing-smiths COSTELLO and BRANSGROVE. Bugler KENT. Privates - CS BROWNE, AC BROWNLEY, W BERWICK, NF BLACKFELLOW, AA BLYTH, WA BROOKE, MC BLACKETT, JH CLARKSON, TR CROOKS, MJ DUNLOP, TF DUNLOP, AE DINEEN, E FITZALLEN, FA FITZGERALD, GR GOURLEY, JL GOYEN, J GUERIN, EL HAIGH, AM HEPBURN, HL HANIGAN, HOPKINS, A JOYCE, JJ JOYCE, C JEPSON, JT JOHNSON, M LLOYD, HA MORGAN, HJ MARSHALL, RA MORLEY, J MCCRAE, M MCINNES, WA MCGUIRE, FSB OWEN, WH PITSTOCK, AE PEGG, LL REARDON, CM RICHARDSON, F SHADWICK, AH SWIFTE, CW WARD, G WILLMOTT, JL WILLIAMS, EO WILLIAMS, E WHITE, HE WRIGHT.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 569 B4518: TasNews: Tasmanian News (Hobart) newspaper date(s) 17.2.1902
External Link URL1		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=678392&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185278016

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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