Virtual War Memorial | Alan John BLACK

Alan John BLACK Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

BLACK, Alan John

Service Number:	NX78224
Enlisted:	12 December 1941
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1921
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 2008, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

12 Dec 1941:	Enlisted NX78224
12 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, NX78224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement NX78224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA
11 Mar 1946:	Discharged Staff Sergeant, NX78224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, NX78224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Staff Sergeant, NX78224, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

Help us honour Alan John Black's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA New Guinea