Regimental number | 42 |
Place of birth | Port Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Hart Street, Glanville, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Black, Hart Street, Glanville, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil (Exempt Area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 18.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 18 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 4), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 119 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary BLACK, Port Wakefield, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 18 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915. Found guilty, Ferry Post, 12 May 1916, of being absent from CO's parade at 1600: admonished. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Reported missing, 20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'KILLED IN ACTION, 20 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 400603: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills, 10.10.19.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BLACK John Henry Alonza
Red Cross file 400603 |