Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David Alexander Black
In memory of:
Corporal David Alexander Black
August 15, 1917
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Army Medical Corps
1st Field Ambulance
Military Medal
Military Medal
Additional Information
April 18, 1894
Belwood, Ontario
February 21, 1916
London, Ontario
Son of Ann Black of Belwood, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. C. 42.
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Wartime diary – Corporal Black is mentioned in the No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance War Diary on 15 August 1917. -
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Wartime diary – Record of Corporal Black's burial in the Barlin MIlitary Cemetery. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of David Alexander Black – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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