Clement BLAKER

Regimental number12/1556
Date of birth18 July 1893
Place of birthBrighton, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper's assistant
Address4 North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.4
Height5' 6"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Blaker, 5 Preston Park Avenue, Brighton, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Place of enlistmentAuckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
Fate12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 9), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Auckland Infantry Bn, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 12 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, hip); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 16 August 1915; to Convalescent Camp, Helouan, 1 September 1915; discharged to duty, 11 October 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 23 March 1916 (phimosis); discharged to duty, 5 April 1916.

Classified permanently 'A', 7 April 1916, and transferred to NZ Medical Corps.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, 18 May 1916 (sunstroke); discharged to duty, 25 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 9 June 1916; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 9 June 1916 (no further details recorded); disembarked Southampton, England, 19 June 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 8 March 1917; discharged to duty, 21 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 September 1917.

Detached to NZ Division, 3 October 1917.

Joined No 4 NZ Field Ambulance, 9 October 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22276721