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Daniel Leon Black

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Leon's younger brother Peter (my father) is in this photograph taken April 2005 on a visit to Rimini War Cemetery.

D L Blacks grave site in Italy

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Daniel Leon AWMM
  • Surname
    Black AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    83241 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 June 1914 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    8th June 1914 Public - Nigel Lindsey - Other relative - 2 April 2019 - Family oral history, Ancestry.com.au, family tree
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    83241 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.13 Farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.13
    Invercargill, Southland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.13
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Daniel McC. and Muriel Hope Black, of Thornbury, Southland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 September 1944 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy AWMM V. D. 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2222679
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.13 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 April 2019Nigel LindseyRivertonOther relative
15 March 2017Murray RichardHarare, ZimbabweOther relative

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