Death
Second Lieutenant Blackmore was killed by machine gun fire in France, just after midnight, whilst taking part in an attacking advance as part of the 1st Infantry Battalion during the Battle of Pozières on the morning of Sunday, 23 July 1916. He was hit in the forehead by a machine gun bullet and died instantly, at 30 years of age.
His body was never identified, and the precise location of his grave is unknown.
He is commemorated at the Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial, in France.
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