BLACK, Roger Foster
| Service Number: | 39983 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit |
| Born: | Spalding, South Australia, 21 April 1923 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter’s College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Cancer, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 October 2008, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Magill General Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Aug 1941: | Involvement Corporal, 39983 | |
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| 19 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 19 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 39983 | |
| 4 Jan 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 39983, No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, Electrician Course in Sydney | |
| 18 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 39983, No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, Electrical Fitters Course Sydney | |
| 24 Oct 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 39983, No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, Electrical fitter. Made test flights over the ocean in Catalina and Martin Flying Boats. | |
| 11 Nov 1945: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Rathmines Squadron Hospital | |
| 5 Dec 1945: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, 7RAAF Hospital Adelaide | |
| 29 May 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Penny Black
Roger was born to Dr Eustace Couper Black and Julia, an English nurse whom he had met in England during his service in WW1. Eustace was the GP in Spalding, South Australia when Roger was born. They later moved to Adelaide where Roger attended St Peter's College. Roger was a science student at the University of Adelaide when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force. His eyesight was insufficient to be a pilot so he became an electrical fitter in Bowen.
Roger met and married Ivy Ada Tanner in Sydney in 1943 and settled in Sydney after the war. Roger completed a PhD in science at Sydney University and became a botanist like his grandfather, John McConnell Black. Roger had five children and also worked in QLD, WA and the NT. He returned to Adelaide from WA in 2000s and volunteered at the State Herbarium.
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