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Ernest Richard Black

  • Service number
    • WWI 9/671 AWMM
    • WWI 9/671A AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait of Lieutenant Ernest Richard Black, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 2 / F985 37. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Lieutenant Ernest Richard Black, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 2 / F985 37. Image is …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Black AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 9/671 AWMM
    • WWI 9/671A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 August 1891 AWMM Frankton, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Mr & Mrs Greacen J BLACK of Kaiti, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Orakihi, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 G. Black (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 9/671 AWMM
    • WWI 9/671A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Moeraki then transhipped to [HMAT 17] Malta at Sydney for Suez. AWMM
    • Second-Lieutenant E. R. Black, who has been wounded, is a son of Mr and Mrs G. J. Black, of Kaiti. He left Gisborne with the Legion of Frontiersmen, and was attached to the second reinforcements of the Otago Mounted Rifles After the big engagement on Gallipoli in August last, Lieut. Black was sent to Malta, for a rest, and he subsequently returned to the Peninsula and was in charge of the troops of mounted men who were the last to leave Gallipoli at the time of the evacuation. Subsequently Lieut. Black, and his brother, Lieut. G, H. Black, were transferred to the Otago Infantry. The .relatives have received, a cable from Lieut. E R. Black, stating that he had a flesh wound which was not serious, and that he was on his way to England. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2024 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14023, 20 JUNE 1916, PAGE 3
    • Lieutenant E. R. Black, youngest son of Mr. G. J. Black, of Gisborne, has been wounded for the second time. This young soldier was a member of the Second Reinforcements, and saw service at Gallipoli, coming through that strenuous campaign without a scratch. After the evacuation he transferred to the infantry and was wounded at the Somme. He was re-transferred to the Mounted Rifles and saw service in Egypt anil Palestine, where he was wounded Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2024 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLVIII, ISSUE 4729, 29 NOVEMBER 1917, PAGE 5
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20544516
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      91: 5 AWMM
    • Williams, E. G. (1917-1918). [Williams Album 4]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-213. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.58 AWMM
    • The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918. AWMM

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16 February 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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