Geoffrey Howard Barham Black (1893 - 1956)

Born 14 Sep 1893 in Burnside, South Australia

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Died 13 Jan 1956 at age 62 in North Adelaide, South Australia

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BLACK Geoffrey Howard Barham MB BS FRACS DOMS

Excerpt from Blood Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australian who Served in World War 1. Courtesy of the Authors

Geoffrey Howard Barham Black was born at Burnside on 14th September 1893 son of Alfred Barham Black and Jessie Howard, nee Clark. He was educated at Mrs Hübbe’s Private School at Knightsbridge (1900-1904) and, in 1905, went to St Peter’s College where he won a University Bursary for Medicine at the University of Adelaide. He graduated MB BS with 2nd Class Honours in 1916. At the University he had been awarded a Rifles shooting Blue, rowed and played cricket. Black with Kyle Gault, Hugh Cairns and Albert Ray Southwood attempted to enlist soon after the outbreak of WW1 but were encouraged to complete their course.

He enlisted as a captain in the AAMC on 8th August 1916. He was single, 23 years old of average build, 175 cm tall and weighed 69 kg and living at 26 Stanley St, North Adelaide. He disembarked in Devonport England on 28th December 1916 then immediately went to France. There he served with the 1AGH, 1Bn, 1FdAmb, 1FdArty in which he was gassed at Passchendaele on 28th Oct 1917. . . more . . RSL

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