Capt John Vyvyan Watson-Black

Service Record

From

To

Goorkha

3rd Officer

1904


Galeka

Master


10/1916

Mined & sunk

Western Australia

Master

11/1917

12/1917

Died

January 1918

Aged 47

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 29 OCTOBER, 1918. 12697

The names of the following have been brought to notice by the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered on the occasion of the sinking or damage by enemy action of Military Hospital -Ships and Transports: —

Capt Gilbert Berry (Transport " Norseman").

Capt Edward Weatherstone Day (Hospital ship " Glenart Castle ").

Capt William Edward Pontet (Hospital Ship " Lanfranc ").

Capt John Barry Whitton (Hospital Ship "Goorkha").

Capt John Vyvyan Watson-Black (Hospital Ship " Galeka").

Ch. Offr. Robert Henderson Homer (Hospital Ship " Anglia").

Ch. Offr. James Disraeli Kerridge (Hospital Ship " Glenart Castle ").

Ch. Offr. Geoffrey Handfield Purcell (Hospital Ship " Lanfranc ").

Ch. Ofifr. Sidney Godolphin Symons (Hospital Ship " Goorkha").

1st Offr. Hugh Wilson Douglas Wilson (HospitalShip "Galeka").

3rd Offr. Matthew Henry Williams (Hospital Ship " Galeka").

Hd. Saloon Std. George Thomas (Hospital Ship " Lanfranc ").

2nd Std. Henry Welsh (Hospital Ship " Galeka ").

1st Cook J. L. Griffin {Hospital Ship " Lanfranc").

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