Major Percy Charles Herbert Black

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Photograph J00369
Service number 170
Ranks Held Captain, Corporal, Lance Corporal, Major
Birth Date 1877-12-12
Death Date 1917-04-11
Death Place France: Picardie, Somme, Bullecourt
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 16th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1916-07-13
Published in London Gazette in 1915-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1915-07-03
Published in London Gazette in 1916-11-14
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1915-08-05
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1915-09-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1915-09-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1915-10-28
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-11-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19

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Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 255 at position 62
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1392 at position 137

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    08 December 1916 on page 12040 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 927 at position 3

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    14 November 1916 on page 11042 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 920 at position 47

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    13 July 1916 on page 6955 at position 39
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 November 1916 on page 3234 at position 26

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
    London Gazette
    03 June 1915 on page 5332 at position 10
    Commonwealth Gazette
    11 September 1915 on page 1748 at position 4

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Corporal

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
    London Gazette
    05 August 1915 on page 7669 at position 16
    Commonwealth Gazette
    28 October 1915 on page 2737 at position 48

Timeline

Date of birth 12 December 1877
Date of enlistment 08 September 1914
Date of embarkation 22 December 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 May 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 22 May 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 13 August 1916
Date of death 11 April 1917
Date of outcome 11 April 1917

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