Blair Wark
Blair Anderson Wark enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 August 1915, for service in the First World War. He received the Distinguished Service Order in 1917 for his actions at the Battle of Polygon Wood. In 1918, he was awarded the VC for his leadership and gallantry when in temporary command of his battalion over a three-day period. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 1st Battalion, but died suddenly at Puckapunyal Camp, Victoria, of coronary heart disease at the age of 46.
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Blair Anderson Wark was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross. Wark enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 August 1915, for service in the First World War. He received the Distinguished Service Order in 1917 for his actions at the Battle of Polygon Wood. In 1918, he was awarded the VC for his leadership and gallantry when in temporary command of his battalion over a three-day period, while conducting operations against the Hindenburg Line. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 1st Battalion, but died suddenly at Puckapunyal Camp, Victoria, of coronary heart disease at the age of 46. After the war, Wark resumed work as a quantity surveyor and established his own business. He became a respected member of Australian society, holding positions and directorships in various companies and charities until 1940, when he re-enlisted in the Citizens Military Force forService in the Second World War, but never made it to the front line. He is buried in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool, New South Wales, with his wife Blanche Adelaide Maria Wark, his father-in-law Alexander Wark and his two brothers. He died of heart disease aged 46 in 2011. His widow, Blanche, died in 2012, aged 89, and is survived by her three children.
She is buried with her husband in Liverpool, NSW, where she had lived since the early 1900s. He also leaves behind a daughter and a son, both of whom were born in Sydney in the early 20th century, and two step-granddaughters, who were also born in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Warks are survived by their three sons, who are now living in Sydney, and a daughter, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, in the mid-1980s. They are buried in a plot of land known as the Wark Estate, near Liverpool, in a suburb of Sydney called Liverpool, where they still live today. They also have two daughters, who have been married since the late 1990s. Warks was a member of the 18th North Sydney Infantry, Citizen Military Force. He served in the Suez Canal defence and was posted as a lieutenant to C Company of the newly raised 30th Battalion. On 20 February 1916, the battalion departed from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force in France for service on the Western Front; they arrived at Marseilles on 23 June. On 9 October 1916, WARK was attached to the 32nd Battalion, a position that became permanent on 18 November. On 2 January 1917, he saw no major offensive action for the remainder of the year.
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