Hugh Clarke BLACK

Regimental number62913
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinSister, Miss M A Black, Gortfad, Garvagh, Co Derry, Ireland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 22 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No 18), Ligny-Thilloy, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh Black, Gortfad, Ganagh, Co Derry, Ireland, and the late Mary Jane Black
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 13