Charles Arthur BLACK

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BLACK, Charles Arthur

Service Number:	63936
Enlisted:	26 February 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	St. Peters, South Australia , 26 July 1886
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Pulteney Grammar School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 17 October 1918, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide North Adelaide Cycling Club Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, Murray Bridge Hospital Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 63936, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 63936, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Orontes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Nicholas Egan

Margaret Phillips

Club Historian

Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc.

Born on 26/7/1886 at St Peters, he was the son of Otto and Louisa (nee Schwarze) Black. He attended Pulteney Grammar School and served in the No. 6 Light Horse Field Ambulance for 4.5 years before it was disbanded. He married Constance Chennell of Medindie on 4 September 1915 at Brougham Place Congregational church. After their marriage they moved to Murray Bridge where he was a farmer. His wife moved back with her family when Charles enlisted.

Black arrived in Fovant Wiltshire England at the Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot on 12 August 1918. He proceeded to France arriving at the Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles on 8 October 1918. Two days later he was admitted to hospital with broncho pneumonia and died 9 days later.

Biography

Son of Otto BLACK and Louisa nee SCHWARZE

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