of the Victoria Cross, called Black "the bravest and coolest of all the brave men I know". Notes References Further reading External links The death of Major Black (1923), oil on canvas (linen), Charles Wheeler, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Black's enlistment paper, National Archives of Australia 1877 births 1917 deaths Australian Army officers Australian gold prospectors Australian military personnel killed in World War I Companions of the Distinguished Service Order People from Victoria (Australia) Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Australian recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal Burials at Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery