Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The news of a Military Cross was usually received with great pride by the Anzac Mounted Division, however on August 19, 1917, the despatch was received one hour after the news that Lieutenant Reg Black had died from wounds received the day before while on patrol near Um Urgan in Palestine. Reg was buried at the Rafa Military Cemetery and had been the first Gordon cricketer to enlist in the First World War in December 1914.
The news of a Military Cross was usually received with great pride by the Anzac Mounted Division, however on August 19, 1917, the despatch was received one hour after the news that Lieutenant Reg Black had died from wounds received the day before while on patrol near Um Urgan in Palestine. Reg was buried at the Rafa Military Cemetery and had been the first Gordon cricketer to enlist in the First World War in December 1914.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2342/this-week-in-the-history-of-gordon-cricket-ndash-19-august-1917-ndash-reg-black-jnr
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