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Thomas
Raymond
Blamey
MBE
Born in Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Charles Middleton Blamey
Husband of
Georgia C (Roberts) Blamey
— married
1942 in Washington DC, United States of America
Husband of
Jean Boyd (Kelsall) Blamey
— married
1972 in Victoria, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2018
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Biography
Thomas Raymond Blamey was born on 9th August 1914 at Toorak, Victoria, Australia. He was the younger son of Major (later Field Marshall) Thomas Blamey and Minnie Millard.[1]
Thomas studied for and became a solicitor. He also had the 'military service gene' common throughout the Blamey family and served in the Australian Militia.
His only sibling, brother Charles, was killed in an RAAF flying accident in 1932.
His mother died of cancer in 1935.
Major Thomas Blamey MBE served in the Australian Army in World War II
Service started: 27 October 1939
Unit(s): LAND HEADQUARTERS
Service ended: 2 October 1945
Service started: 27 October 1939
Unit(s): LAND HEADQUARTERS
Service ended: 2 October 1945
Thomas transferred to the 2nd Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War; enlisted 27th September 1939, discharged 2nd October 1945.
His final posting was as a Major with Land Headquarters.
[2]
He saw action during the North African and Greek Campaigns in 1940-41.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for "considerable devotion [to duty] and courage in the Middle East".
[3]
Thomas was posted as a military attache to the United States of America in 1942. Whilst there, he met, courted and married American Georgia C "Joy" Roberts, in 1942 in Washington DC. They had two children:
Following the war, Thomas returned to work in Melbourne as a solicitor. After losing Georgia to cancer in 1971,[6] Thomas married again, to Jean Boyd "Sue" Kelsall.[7] Sue also died of cancer, in 1992; leaving Thomas widowed a second time.
Thomas passed away on 16th March 1998 and is buried in Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria. [8]
Sources
- ↑ Victoria Birth Index #26423/1914
- ↑ DVA Website World War Two Service Veteran Details: VX84 Major Thomas Raymond Blamey
- ↑ Australian War Memorial Honours and Awards: VX84 Captain Thomas Raymond Blamey; accessed 13 May 2018
- ↑ CLIA Australasia Hall of Fame: Ted Blamey
- ↑ IMDb biography: Terry Blamey
- ↑ Victoria Death Index #8044/1971
- ↑ Victoria Marriage Index #/1972
- ↑ FindAGrave: database and images, memorial page for Thomas Raymond Blamey; Born: 01 Aug 1914 Melbourne, Victoria; Died: 1 Mar 1998 Australia; Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria; Find A Grave: Memorial #146244175; maintained by: Find a Grave; created by: Rebecca Ewing Peterson; accessed: 9 Dec 2023
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