John BLACK

BLACK, John

Service Number: 6219
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Barmedman, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmedman War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 6219, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 6219, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 28 and the son of John and Ellen Black, of Jellyholm, Alloa, Scotland.