Blackburn, Charles Archie D'Arcy

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Blackburn, Charles Archie D'Arcy

Date of birth:: 1899
Date of death:: 1984
Service number:: 46796
Nationality:: New Zealander

Biography

Career:
1941: Commanding Officer 19th New Zealand Infantry Battalion;
1942 - 1943: Commanding Officer 1st New Zealand Tank Brigade.

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

The MID was awarded for actions on Crete when Major Blackburn (Acting Commanding Officer 19th New Zealand Infantry Battalion) used a captured MG34 to snipe on enemy who had pinned down some of his soldiers near Galatas.

1939-1945 Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Africa Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Service Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Commemorative War Medal 1941-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Zayne van Bommel
- Sinclair W.S., The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War, 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment, 1954

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