Hugh Robert BLACK

Regimental number21214
OccupationTraveller
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hugh Black, Bright Street, Westport
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Regimental number from Nominal Roll21214
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No 15), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Margaret Black, Bright Street, Westport, Greymouth. Native of Ross, South Westland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 8

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