John Wilkinson Black

Forenames

John Wilkinson AWMM

Surname

Black AWMM

Service number

WWI 1/528 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

9 Jun 1885 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• 26 Hawkestone Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• 26 Hawkestone Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs G. Black, Irvine Street, Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs G. Black (mother), Irvine Street, Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 07 Dec 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 1/528 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Private AWMM 5th Regiment, A Company AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 07 Dec 1916-18 Feb 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

John Wilkinson Black was the son of George and Catherine Black, of Irvine St., Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand.

Attended Otago Boys High School

SuppNom: Ex Samoan Advance. AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM V. E. 2. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22276387
  Further Reference
• Personal Matters. Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 134, 4 December 1917, Page 8
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19171204.2.72&srpos
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/160834/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/160834
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/6298
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 58
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  47: 4
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-