He became a corporal in the Otago Mounted Rifles and after leaving New Zealand was transferred to the Canterbury Infantry Regiment .
An All Black in 1914 , Bobbly Black died on 21 September 1917 , aged 23 .
Bobbly Black became a corporal in the Otago Mounted Rifles and after leaving New Zealand was transferred to the Canterbury Infantry Regiment .
An All Black in 1914 , Bobbly Black died on 21 September 1917 , aged 23 .