| Regimental number | 1028 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Saddler |
| Address | Renmark, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Height | 5' 7" |
| Weight | 140 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, E.W. Black, Church Avenue, Norwood, South Australia |
| Previous military service | Member for 1 year, Renmark Rifle Club. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Morphettville, South Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, E Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 4 September 1914. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Harold spelt Harrold |
| Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 20 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 58 |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915. Posted as missing in action, Gallipoli Peninsula, between 25 and 29 April 1915. Court of Enquiry, France, 5 June 1916, pronounces fate as 'Killed in Action, Gallipoli Peninsula, between 25 and 29 April 1915'. Statement, Red Cross File No 0400504D, 2226 Pte M.F. TOBER, D Company, 10th Bn (patient, No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England), 21 February 1916: 'Somewhere about the end of June near Shrapnel Gully, Anzac, our company was advancing against the Turkish trenches and as we were coming back I saw Black shot. His head was blown clean off. I was next man but one to him and could not be mistaken.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, BLACK Harold Frederick
Red Cross File No 0400504D |
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