Harry BLACK

BLACK, Harry

Service Number: 1800
Enlisted: 7 June 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Born: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1866
Home Town: South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boiler makers assistant
Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 November 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

7 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 24th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1800, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 1800, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
29 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Aug 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 24th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (frost bite and rheumatism).

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

NB: There are discrepancies in Pte Black's ages noted at enlistment (stated as aged 43 in 1915 - or was he really 49?), and on his headstone (aged 80 in 1946).