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BLACK, Eric Lynn
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX2593 |
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Enlisted: | 20 October 1939, Millers Point, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Sydney, NSW, 10 September 1919 |
Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Internal Haemorrhage whilst POW, Germany, 15 April 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia 5 C 1 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX2593 | |
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20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX2593, Millers Point, NSW |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Irvin Thomas Hiselton Black and Vera Lynn Black, of Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia.
HIS DUTY DONE. SO GALLANT, SO LOVED
BLACK.—April 15, 1944, NX2593, Cpl. Eric Lynn Black, whilst P.O.W., Germany, beloved eldest son of Irvin and Vera Black and loving brother of Irvin, of 12 Queen Street, Ashfield, aged 24 years.