Private John Blake
Killed in Action October 14th, 1918

 

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John Blake
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Unit: 1st Battalion

Son of Henry William and Maria (Hope) Blake
Northwest River, Labrador
June 1896 - 14 Oct. 1918

Address on enlistment: Grand Village, Lab.
Next of Kin listed as Pheobe Blake, Sister

Enlisted: 25 September 1917
Age on enlistment: 21 years, 3 months
Joined the Battalion on 31 May 1918:
Died of wounds (GSW abdomen)
24 October 1918

 

 

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Died of wounds sustained n the battle for Ledeghem in what became known as the "Final Advance" that let to the armistice on November 11th. The same battle, incidentally, in which Tom Ricketts won the VC.)

Commemorated on Page 15 of the
Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.

Burial Information:
Cemetery: DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY (IEPER), Belgium
Grave Reference: IV. D. 6.
Location: The DUHALLOW ADS.CEMETERY is located on the Diksmuidseweg N369 road direction Boezinge. From the station turn left into M.Fochlaan and go to the roundabout, turn right and go to the next roundabout. Here turn left and drive to the next roundabout, here turn right into Oude Veurnestraat. Take the 2nd turning on the left which is the Diksmuidseweg. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road just past the first turning on the right.

John's personal file in the National Archives of Canada contains a note from the Chief of Staff, Newfoundland Militia to Phoebe Blake, dated 13/11/1920. It states that the inscription on John's gravestone reads, "Here lies an Eskimo from the outports of Labrador. May he rest in peace"