WWI Australian group of three, 1914-1915 Star, War and Victo...

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WWI Australian group of three, 1914-1915 Star, War and Victory, named 125 Dvr. E. A. Blaby, 13 L.H. Rgt. A.I.F., together with two ribbon bars and a 13 A.L.H. cap badge.
Eric Alfred Blaby was born in Charlton Victoria Australia in 1895, he was one of seven brothers to Alfred and Crystal Blaby.
He was a private in the 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment and enlisted on 7th November 1914. After training at the Broadmeadows training camp north of Melbourne, he embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Persic on 28th May 1915.
He arrived in Egypt on 25th June. Then was deployed on 11th September 1915 on defensive duties around the Lone Pine trenches in Gallipoli.
He left for Egypt again and in December 1915 and was deployed on the defence of the Suez canal, then redeployed in July 1916 when he arrived in France.
On the Western Front he was mainly involved in transporting supplies and reconnaissance. He took part in the repelling of the German St Michael offensive in March 1918.
He returned from the war to Australia on 4th July 1919.
At 5’5” tall he was quite an athlete. He won a swimming race across Melbourne Bay and was a Melbourne amateur golf champion with a handicap of 2.