Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Blundell G A   Pte  3776    George Aubrey         21 Inf Bn    20    Labourer    Single    C of E        

Address:    Essendon, McPhail St, 25    

Next of Kin:    Lynch, Elizabeth, Mrs, mother, 25 McPhail St, Essendon    

Enlisted:    18 Jul 1915        

Embarked:     A69 Warilda 8 Feb 1916         

Relatives on Active Service:

Blundell J Pte 36 brother KIA

Date of death: 04/10/1917

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

Christ Church Roll of Honour                                                                                    

St John's Presbyterian Church*                                                    

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours                

Regimental Register

In Memoriam

BLUNDELL.-A tribute to the memory of Private    

George Aubrey Blundell, killed in action in    

Belgium, October 4, 1917. {Inserted by his old  

pals, ex A.I.F., H.S., M.C.P., G.J.A., J.J.W.,

Essendon.) [1]

The Argus 4 October 1919

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4678576

[1]  Given the proximity of their homes and similarity of ages, these pals might be: "HS" Pte Henry Seyfarth of 28 Violet St who enlisted in 1916 aged 18. "MCP" might be Pte Maurice Claude Platts of  19 Washington St, Essendon, who enlisted in 1915 aged 18; "GJA" might be Sapper Grenville John Adam, of 32 Locke St, Essendon, enlisted in 1915 aged 18; and "JJW" might be Pte John Joseph Walshe, of 39 Daisy St who enlisted in 1915 aged 19.

No entries in The Argus 1918 or 1920-1924