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Matthew Richard Black 1897 - 1918

Matthew Richard Black was born on March 19, 1897 in Maindample, VIC Australia to Joseph Black and Mary Ann (Crawford) Black, and had siblings Ethel Doreen (Black) Yann and Elizabeth Dorcas Knapsey. Matthew Black died at age 21 years old on August 8, 1918 in France, and was buried at Vignacourt British Cemetery 1915-1918 in Vignacourt, Somme County, Picardy.

Matthew Richard Black

March 19, 1897

Maindample, VIC, 3723, Australia

August 8, 1918

France

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BLACK.-Killed in action on the 8th August, somewhere in France, Mathew Richard, loved only son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Black, Maindample, and brother of May, Dorcas, Agnes, Gertie, Hazel, and Dorrie, after 2 years and 1 month on active service. Aged 21 years 4 months.
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1897

Birthday

March 19, 1897

Birthdate

Maindample, VIC 3723, Australia

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Military Service

Service number: France Rank: Private Regiment: australian Infantry Unit/ship/squadron: A.i.f.
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1918

Death

August 8, 1918

Death date

Died of wounds

Cause of death

France
Death location

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Vignacourt British Cemetery 1915-1918 in Vignacourt, Somme County, Picardy 80650, France
Burial location
Obituary

BLACK.-A proud and sincere tribute to the honoured memory of our young friend, No. 1878, Pte. M. R. Black, died of wounds somewhere in France on the 8th August 1918, only beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. J.Black, Nillahcootie, and the loving fiance of Lettie Howes.

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Matthew Richard Black lived 51 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 21.

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In 1897, in the year that Matthew Richard Black was born, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.

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In 1900, by the time he was only 3 years old, the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud published his book (written in 1899) "The Interpretation of Dreams". Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud in May of 1856, is the "father of psychoanalysis". Although he was a medical doctor, he was fascinated with the psyche and hypothesized the existence of the id, the ego, the superego, the libido, the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, and more. These are concepts that are still used by modern psychology.

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