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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Colin Buxton Black |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Colin Buxton |
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| Surname: |
Black |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
3/2744 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Clerk |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs C. Buxton Black (mother), 9 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
22nd Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 February 1917 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 76 |
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| Vessel: |
Mokoia or Navua or Aparima |
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| Destination: |
Devonport, England |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
55 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
26 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Medical Corps |
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| Place of Death: |
Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
15 October 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
20 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Grave Reference: |
XXI. H. 7. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Colin Black was the son of Sydney and Constance Buxton Black, of Weston, New Zealand. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
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