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                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3941

British War Medal:  8805

Victory Medal:  86762

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  George Murray BLACK               

Mother:  Mary Jane DALTON

 

MARRIAGE

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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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COMMENTS

 FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary