BLACK, Robert Livingstone Conning
| Service Number: | 5985 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne University |
| Occupation: | Engineering student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot 11, Row 1, Grave 15 INSCRIPTION A SCHOLAR & A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pakenham Upper Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 17 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 May 1918: | Wounded Corporal, 5985, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5985, 7th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5985 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert Livingstone Conning BLACK was born in 1893 in Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria to Thomas Montgomery BLACK and Margaret Helen ROGERS
He was with the 7th Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcements who embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles on 29th July, 1916
Robert was Killed in Action on 9th August, 1918 at Hurlevillle, France - he was first buried in the Copse Corner British cemetery and later reinterred at Heath Cemetery in Harbonnieres in France. His name is memorialised at the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
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Three of his brothers also served in WW1 - Douglas Bruce BLACk (SN64799 ) who died of illness in 1918, Donald Caldwell BLACK (SN 7302 & Wallace Moncrief BLACk (SN7451) - Donald & Wallace both returned to Australia in 1919 - whilst the 3 brothers were fighting overseas the family farm was being run by another brother Thomas Fergus BLACK
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