Watson Percy Herbert BLACK

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BLACK, Watson Percy Herbert

Service Number:	1913
Enlisted:	23 January 1915, Place of Enlistment: At Sea
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia, June 1892
Home Town:	Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Pneumonia, France, 4 December 1918
Cemetery:	Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery Row D, Grave 19 Headstone Inscription "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"
Memorials:	Mansfield War Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

23 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1913, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), Place of Enlistment: At Sea
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1913, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1913, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
17 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1913, Wounded In Action France (buttock)
20 Jun 2015:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1913, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Francis James and Sarah Ann BLACK, of Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia.

Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted and served as Herbert Black

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