William BLACK

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Service Number:	2591
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

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 17th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cootamundra, New South Wales.
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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