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Sergeant JOHN VICTOR BLACK

Service Number: 244
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

26th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. B. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Annie Winifred Black, of Sunbury, Croydon Junction, Maryborough, Queensland. Native of Milmerran, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription MERCIFUL JESUS GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST HOLY MARY PRAY FOR HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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