Donald Caldwell BLACK

BLACK, Donald Caldwell

Service Number: 7201
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 1891
Home Town: Pakenham Upper, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Orchardist
Died: Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 13 June 1964, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Pakenham Upper Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7201, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7201, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He and his brother, Wallace Moncrief Black (Service No. 7451) survived the Great War, but brothers Trooper Douglas Bruce Black and Corporal Robert Livingstone Conning  Black did not.

They were sons of Thomas Montgomery Black and Margaret Helen Black, of Pakenham, Upper Victoria, Australia.