Sub Lieutenant [A]

John Ross Black

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John and Johanna Black (nee Ross), of Middlemarch, Otago.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Sub-Lieutenant Ross Black was flying a Hellcat serial number FN444. Website http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries7.html (visited in June 2013) has what appears to be some collection of U... Read More

This image was posted in 2009 on an internet military forum http://militarianz.freeforums.org/nz-fleet-air-arm-group-t1577.html and includes John Ross Black's Fleet Air Arm buttons and insignia. On t... Read More

Files: 

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Name:
John Ross Black
Rank: 
Sub Lieutenant
Additional Rank:
A
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Navy
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Bherunda, 1839 (FAA) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
07 July 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
John Ross Black
Images
More information
  • Files must be less than 100 MB.
  • Allowed file types: png gif jpg jpeg.
Files
More information
  • Files must be less than 100 MB.
  • Allowed file types: txt pdf doc.