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Surname BLANDFORD
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Ernest Henry
Regimental Number 1438
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: killed in action at Wilmansrust on 12.6.1901.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra.
West Australian: killed at Steelkoopspruit.
5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl) killed in action.
HAGSOC: Memorial Middleburg.
B5179: born 1877 a labourer c/- PO Huntly via Bendigo Vic.
Melb. Leader: photo #507.
URL3: photo.
URL5: Fosterville, 1.7.1901. Last night a banquet was tendered to Corporal Pierce O'BRIEN and Trooper R GORNALL, members of the Fourth Victorian Contingent, who recently returned from the seat of war. They were both presented with beautiful gold medals, suitably inscribed. ... On his right sat Corporal O'BRIEN, Trooper BLANDFORD, of Huntly (a member of the Third Contingent, and brother of Private BLANDFORD, recently killed in the war), Mr. R MCPHERSON and Mr. BLANDFORD and on his left, Trooper GORNALL.
URL6: Fifth VMR Memorial to Fallen Comrades opposite to St. Kilda Barracks ... The following is the list of names appearing on the tablets, together with the addresses, which we have obtained from official sources - Captain J KELLY, Melbourne. Lieutenant SR COULTER, Ballarat. Lieutenant JG CHRISP, Frankston. Lieutenant AG JOHNSTON, Hawthorn. Lieutenant AE MURPHY, Colac. Medical Officer HA PALMER, Ballarat. Sergeant AGK BUCKINGHAM, Yea. Farrier-Sergeant JF HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Corporal RPN ROBERTSON, Portsea. Corporal H HARRISON, Collingwood. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Prahran. Lance-Corporal AE BURLEY, Ballarat. Lance-Corporal HJ BOXALL, Melbourne. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Lance-Corporal HC HADLEY, Fitzroy. Lance-Corporal TS ROSS, Williamstown. Shoeing-Smith A HOUGHTON, Inverleigh. Shoeing-Smith AE SPOWART, Dean's Marsh. Shoeing-Smith RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Shoeing-Smith F RANKIN, Police Barracks, Melbourne. Privates SJ BARNARD, North Brunswick; EH BLANDFORD, Bendigo; L BOND, Longwood; FH CAUGHEY, Bairnsdale; J CHARLTON, Euroa; J COLLINS, Mumbannar; J COSTELLO, Dunolly; AB DAVIDSON, Moe; FG DOW, Balaclava; G GLENN, South Melbourne; LJW GOUDIE, St. Kilda; RG HARRISON, Mathoura NSW; WJ HEALEY, Melbourne; HH HENTY, Lyndhurst; HV HEWINS, Brighton; WW JAMES, Nagambie; HS LAMB, Sale; HJ LAWRENCE, North Carlton; AE MACK, Jolimont; TH MAHONEY, Darraweit Guim; J MCCANN, St. Kilda Road; J MCCORKELL, Queensclilf; MT MCDONALD, Yinnar; J MCNALLY, Carapooee; E REISENAUER, Armadale; EJ ROWE, Elsternwick; W SAULTRY, Port Melbourne; WA SMITH, Sutton Grange; GW STRATTON, Mooroopna; R TOPHAM, Yapeen; E VALPIED, Toora; NA WATSON, Pomborneit; J WHELAN, Glenhuntly; JE WHITE, South Melbourne.
URL7: The following is the official list of Victorians killed at Wilmansrust as received from London 19.6.1901 - Surgeon-Lieutenant HA PALMER, Ballarat. Private GW STRATTON, Mooroopna. Private FJ SMITH, Anakie. Private EH BLANDFORD, Huntly. Corporal H NEWLANDS, Chapel Street, Prahran. Private RM THORNTON, Kilmore. Farrier-Sergeant JV HOULIHAN, Collingwood. Lance-Corporal GR BUTTON, Anakie. Private L BOND, Longwood. Private SJ BARNARD, Brunswick. Private LJW GOUDIE, Marlton Crescent, St. Kilda. Private EJ ROWE, Charles Street, Elsternwick. Private HH HENDY, Lyndhurst. Corporal H HARRISON, Francis Street, Collingwood. Private WA SMITH, Sutton Grange. Private R TOPHAM, Danks Street, South Melbourne. Pivate J COLLINS, Magpie, near Ballarat. Private AE MACK, Jolimont. Private H SMITH.
URL8: Trooper Ernest Henry BLANDFORD was a laborer - 24 years of age and single - from Huntly, near Bendigo, where his father and next of kin, Mr. CT BLANDFORD, resides.
Source:# 1599 Morwell and District Boer War Roll of Honour unveiled 11.10.2017.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 297 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 51
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 20.6.1901
5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR
HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901
Bend. Adv.: Bendigo Advertiser newspaper date(s) 1.8.1901
Trar.Rcd.: Traralgon Record newspaper date(s) 19.2.1904
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 20.6.1901
Melb. Age: Age newspaper, Melbourne date(s) 20.6.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1599
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/za01200.php
External Link URL3picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5465362057222170354
External Link URL4www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0014.php
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89440601
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64161893
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10556815
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190047218


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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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