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Military service
Service number:
29075
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
September 18, 1886
Perth, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
February 10, 1919
Vancouver, British Columbia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 7. I.
Additional information
Son of the late John and Helen F. Black, of Perth, Scotland. Brother of John Black of Perth, Scotland and Mrs. J.R. Brown of Dundee, Scotland. Private Black was discharged on 16 October 1916 due to illness and subsequently died back in Canada.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Private Ronald Black
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Grave Marker
Grave of 29075 Pvt. Ronald F. Black who served with the 16th Battn. C.E.F. He was born in Perth Scotland on Sept. 18th 1886. Ronald enlisted into the C.E.F. at Valcartier Quebec on Sept. 23rd 1914. He listed prior military service in the Royal Navy, he listed his occupation as "Plumber" Ronald died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish Flu on Feb. 10th 1919 at the age of 33. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where Pvt. Ronald F. Black was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where Pvt. Ronald F. Black was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
Digital gallery of
Private Ronald Black
Digital gallery of
Private Ronald Black
Digital gallery of
Private Ronald Black
VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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