Alexander Dixon Blaw was a veteran of World War II. Photo: Jim Nicholls
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MEMBERS of the Laidley RSL Sub Branch joined with family and friends on April 7 to farewell Alexander (Alex) Dixon Blaw. A veteran of the Second World War, Mr Blaw saw active service in New Guinea in 1943 and, while still a member of the Australian Imperial Force, served with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan until January 1947. He was born on May 5, 1924 at home in St Lucia, Brisbane.
His family moved house several times around the northern suburbs before purchasing a home in Windsor.