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BLACK, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2591 |
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Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Place of Enlistment, Cootamundra, New South Wales. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Unspecified Canadian Army Units |
Born: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1888 |
Home Town: | Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Seymour State School, , Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer. |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France. , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Seymour School Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 17th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cootamundra, New South Wales. | |
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2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2591, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2591, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 17th Infantry Battalion, Gun Shot Wound to face, hand and back. | |
16 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Unspecified Canadian Army Units, Attached to The 2nd Canadian Tunnel Company. | |
25 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2591, Wounded 2nd Occasion. Shell Shock. | |
3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2591, Bullecourt (First), Missing in Action |
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