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Arthur Blackburn was an Australian soldier, lawyer, politician, and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in 1914, he fought with his unit throughout the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, during which he was commissioned. In France on 23 July 1916, during the Battle of Pozières, he led four sorties to drive Germans from a strong point using hand grenades and captured 370 yards (340 m) of trench. He fought in the Battle of Mouquet Farm in August, then was evacuated to Australia due to illness. He served as a member of the South Australian Parliament in 1918–1921. After the outbreak of World War II, Blackburn led the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the Syria–Lebanon campaign in 1941, personally accepting the surrender of Damascus. In early 1942, his battalion was deployed to Java in the Dutch East Indies. Captured by the Japanese, Blackburn spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war. (Full article...)
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Hi Peacemaker67 and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:10, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks very much Gog, I think I’ll line it up for July next year. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:03, 27 September 2020 (UTC)