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Gordon Alexander Black 1890 - 1917

Gordon Alexander Black of Casterton Australia was born in 1890 in Casterton to John Black and Louisa Sealey. He had siblings Susan Mary Black, Ernest John Black, Walter Thomas Black, Myrtle Lousia Black, Christina Martha Black, George Charles Frederick Black, John William Black, Florence Jessie Black, Lilian Maude Black, and Stanley James Robert Black. Gordon Black married Amy Philipina Ayres in 1913, and died at age 26 years old on October 4, 1917 in Passchendaele (Ypres), West Flanders County, Flanders Belgium.
Gordon Alexander Black
Casterton Australia
1890
Casterton, Australia
October 4, 1917
Passchendaele (Ypres), West Flanders County, Flanders, 8980, Belgium
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  • 1890

    Birthday

    1890
    Birthdate
    Casterton Australia
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Enlisted as Pte 1235, 39th Battalion, AIF on 25 Mar 1916, Hamilton, Victoria; KIA 4 Oct 1917 Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele (Ypres), Belgium
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    1917

    Death

    October 4, 1917
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Passchendaele (Ypres), West Flanders County, Flanders 8980, Belgium
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    Gordon Alexander Black lived 45 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 27.
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In 1890, in the year that Gordon Alexander Black was born, on January 2nd, Alice Sanger became the first female staffer to work in the White House. She was hired as a stenographer and, as such, took dictation.
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In 1900, Gordon was merely 10 years old when the U.S. helped put down Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion took place in China, where the presence of "outsiders" (foreigners) was resented. The United States, along with Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia, had business interests in China and these countries all sent troops to put down the Rebellion and keep China open to their presence and to Christian missionaries.
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