BLACK G.D.
Given Names: George Dalton
Service Number: 1504
Unit: 6th Battalion, 3rd reinforcements
Rank: Private
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Age: 20 Yrs 10 Mths
Occupation: Factory Hand
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Baptist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 7 In
Weight: 172 Lbs
Chest: 37-39 In
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 18/12/1914
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER George Murray Black
60 Mary Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 19/2/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Runic A54
END OF WAR
Status: Died of wounds
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Unit: 58th Battalion
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 3941
British War Medal: 8805
Victory Medal: 86762
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 1894
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: George Murray BLACK
Mother: Mary Jane DALTON
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DEATH
Date or Year: 8/9/1916
Place: 14th Field Ambulance,
Burial: Anzac Cemetery Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 8/5/1915 at Cape Helles, Gallipoli; gun shot wound, finger (amputated)
Returned to Australia from Malta 1/9/1915 on the Ascanius and returned to duty 7/3/1916 on the Wiltshire
Died of wounds, accidentally hit in the left by fragment of grenade during live grenade practice in the special trenches.
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Kew State School
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 318370
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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FURTHER INFORMATION
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