Historical information

A card recording details for the Junior Legacy Honour Roll. The Roll kept details of Junior Legatees that served in World War II. This card records the personal details of Fred Blatchford, a Junior Legatee who joined the RAAF. He died at the age of 21 in an aircraft accident at Bairnsdale in 1943, having already fought in New Guinea and the South West Pacific.
Frederick Edward Blatchford was the son of Legatee Claude Blatchford who wrote the book about the history of Melbourne Legacy which was published in 1932. Claude Blatchford died in 1933 which was when Fred became a Junior Legatee.
The card is an example of the information kept about junior legatees that joined the services and which were finally collated into an Honour Roll that is on display at Legacy House. The whereabouts of other cards is not known.

Significance

Commemorates the life of a Junior Legatee and his contribution to the RAAF’s involvement in WWII.

Physical description

Junior Legacy Honour Roll card, on cream card with black type and typing, faded dark blue ink handwriting, recording details of a Junior Legatee who died in WWII.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten and typed information about the Junior Legatee Fred Blatchford.