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Pte. Henry Blooman
Australian Imperial Force 48th Battalion
from:Blairmore,Kulin,East Wickepin,Western Australia
(d.18th Oct 1917)
My Great Uncle Harry Blooman was born 1890 Pancras London Middlesex, in 1901 he was resident in a Childrens Workhouse. He later lived at Balcombe, Brighton, Sussex. In 1911 sailed to Australia, arrived Fremantle port and found work as a farmhand for Mrs E.Onge, Blairmore, Kulin , East Wickepin Western Australia.
Harry enlisted in A.I.F. at Wickepin, Western Australia and joined the 48th Battalion on the Western Front. On the 13.10.1917 he received a bayonet wound to the stomach and on the following day he was transferred from 3rd A.F.A. to 7th General Hospital, St.Omer. Harry died 18.10.1917 from wounds and was at buried ay Longuenesse (St.Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France. R.I.P. Harry.