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BLACK, Gordon Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1235 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Casterton, Victoria, Australia, 20 September 1890 |
Home Town: | Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria |
Schooling: | Casterton State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casterton War Memorial, Dunrobin Honor Board, Glenelg, Casterton & Sandford Division No 29 Sons of Temperance Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1235, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1235, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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