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BLACK, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2151 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1915, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 6 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Bundamba School, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Natural Causes , War Veterans Home, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia, 24 March 1972, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
| Memorials: | Booval War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2151, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland. | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2151, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2151, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 26 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
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