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Second Lieutenant VALENTINE BLAKE

Service Number: 6/2832
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EMBARKATION PIER CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. A. 12.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Vincent I. Blake, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Kathleen Blake, of Gisborne, New Zealand. Native of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

EMBARKATION PIER CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 948
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