. 53 Battery, 14 Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery Captain Blashki was born in Sydney, Australia and was studying law when war broke out in 1914. He enlisted with 10th Battery, Australian Field Artillery and received a commission shortly before leaving Australia on board RMS Persia on 10 August 1915. After a period in Egypt, Lt Blashki was posted to the Western Front in June 1916. There he was Mentioned in Despatches for his success in mounting an artillery barrage at great personal risk in November 1916, and also mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of 6 October 1917. Bl
. 53 Battery, 14 Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery Captain Blashki was born in Sydney, Australia and was studying law when war broke out in 1914. He enlisted with 10th Battery, Australian Field Artillery and received a commission shortly before leaving Australia on board RMS Persia on 10 August 1915. After a period in Egypt, Lt Blashki was posted to the Western Front in June 1916. There he was Mentioned in Despatches for his success in mounting an artillery barrage at great personal risk in November 1916, and also mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of 6 October 1917. Blashki was promoted to captain on 1 August 1917 but killed in action on the Menin Road at Ypres just two days later, aged 23. He is buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at This image is from IWM Collections.
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