| [Index] |
| Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON (1912 - 1938) |
| boxer Aust bantamweight champion 1933, featherweight 1935 |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON (1912 - 1938) | George Alexander BLANDON (1874 - 1942) | Wiliam BLANDON | ||
| Charlotte SWAN | ||||
| Mary Ann Elizabeth FORD (1882 - 1970) | John Tossivill FORD (1847 - 1924) | John FORD (1822 - 1896) | ||
| Jane AGNEW (1812 - 1899) | ||||
| Martha Harriett DANIEL (1859 - 1932) | Henry DANIEL (1818 - 1872) | |||
| Joyce Joice HERBERT (1820 - 1895) |
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| b. 09 Jun 1912 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 13 Oct 1938 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 26 |
| Cause of Death: |
| tumour/abscess on the brain |
| Near Relatives of Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON (1912 - 1938) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Wiliam BLANDON | |||||
| Grandmother | Charlotte SWAN | |||||
| Grandfather | John Tossivill FORD | 1847 | Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | 15 Jun 1924 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 77 |
| Grandmother | Martha Harriett DANIEL | 1859 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Dec 1932 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Father | George Alexander BLANDON | abt 1874 | Devonport, England | 02 May 1942 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 68 |
| Mother | Mary Ann Elizabeth FORD | 1882 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 09 Sep 1970 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 88 |
| Self | Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON | 09 Jun 1912 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 13 Oct 1938 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 26 |
| Brother | Amos L BLANDON | 1903 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Sister | Daisy Mary BLANDON | 1905 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1911 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 6 |
| Sister | Jessie Lillian BLANDON | 1905 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1909 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 4 |
| Sister | Florence Martha BLANDON | 1907 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Brother | George Alexander BLANDON | 1910 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1950 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 40 |
| Brother | Eric John BLANDON | 1915 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Sister | Mary M BLANDON | 1917 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Brother | Robert J BLANDON | 1919 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Aunt | Sarah Jane FORD | 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Uncle | Samuel John FORD | 1878 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 21 Sep 1941 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 63 |
| Aunt | Louisa Ann BLANCHARD | 1884 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 17 Dec 1924 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 40 |
| Aunt | Hartha Harriett FORD | 1879 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Uncle | John William Andrew James FORD | 1881 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Uncle | George Thomas FORD | 1885 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 26 Dec 1915 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 30 |
| Aunt | Florence Catherine Agnes SAVAGE | 1884 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Nov 1955 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 71 |
| Uncle | Albert Henry FORD | 1887 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 16 Apr 1965 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 78 |
| Uncle | Simon Joseph Jabez FORD | 1889 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1902 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 13 |
| Aunt | Grace Mercy FORD | 1892 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1971 | 79 | |
| Uncle | Edward Joseph SKERRY | 1887 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 1958 | Batlow, New South Wales, Australia | 71 |
| Aunt | Ruth May FORD | 1894 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Uncle | James J A BROWN | |||||
| Uncle | David James FORD | 1896 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Uncle | Edward Leslie FORD | 1900 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Harold C FORD | 1908 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Stanley E FORD | 1909 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Alice M FORD | 1911 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Arthur J FORD | 1912 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Minniford M FORD | 1913 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Dulcie A FORD | 1915 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Stanley Raymond FORD | 1915 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1969 | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia | 54 |
| Nephew | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Brother in Law | Reginald Charles PINN | 1957 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Sister in Law | Catherine A BROWN | |||||
| Events in Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON (1912 - 1938)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 09 Jun 1912 | Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON was born | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 21023/1912 | 6 | |
| 13 Oct 1938 | 26 | Mervyn Irwin William (Darkie) BLANDON died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 21247/1938 | 6 |
| Burial | Botany, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Personal Notes: |
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The Burrowa News 21 Oct 1938
FORMER BOXING CHAMPION DEAD Merv ('Darkie') Blandon, former bantam champion of Australia, died in St. Vincent's Hospital on Thursday of last week. He was one of the best bantam weights ever produced in Australia, and one of the most popular. Since he retired more than three years ago, Blandon had been in bad health, and spent several periods in hospital. Blandon, who was born at Queanbeyan in 1912, was always known as 'the boy from the bush.' Smith’s Weekly 5 Nov 1938 “Darkie Blandon is the strongest and toughhest featherweight in the boxing game." I penned that Judgment four years ago. The rugged bushboy was a chipoff the old original Australian iron-bark tree of physical courage, bottom and endurance. He was a crowned king of Queensberry, anda fistic prophet, honored — strangely enough — in his own country. But other worlds, offering wider fame and richer reward, remained to be conquered. America, promised land of the pugilists, called. A glove call that was irresistible. While awaiting the settlement of overseas terms and contracts, Darkie Blandon sickened. A fortnight ago, Darkie Blandon died. Fate is a grim Jester. On Thursday night, at the Sydney Sports Ground, a ringside crowd bared its head and stood, silent and motionless, during a full minute of homage, paid to the memory of a gallant warrior. My watch was open on the Press table in front of me. I could plainly hear its tick during the most silent and impressive minute of time I have ever experienced.” |
| Source References: |
| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 16 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 16 (Death) |
| - Reference = 16 (Birth) |