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BLACK, Donald Mervyn
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5652 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1915, Nowra, NSW "South Coast Waratahs" Route March |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia, 20 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Merimbula, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Surveyor's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery III. K. 10. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merimbula War Memorial, Nowra Shoalhaven Soldiers Memorial Gates, Pambula District Soldiers Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Nowra, NSW "South Coast Waratahs" Route March | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5652, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5652, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5652, 1st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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