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BLACK, Michael Robson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6773A |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom., 1887 |
Home Town: | Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 July 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Grave XX.I.E., Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick-Upon-Tweed War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6773A, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6773A, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of George and Catherine Black of 117 Bay Street, Brighton, Victoria, Australia. He is one of four Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Berwick-upon-Tweed War Memorial.
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