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BURBOROUGH, Herbert Robert
(Service number 68506)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Grocer's assistant
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin J. Burborough (fatheer), 343 Talbot St, Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 34th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date 8 February 1918
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From Wellington Destination Liverpool, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Rifle Brigade, 4th Battallion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 12 September 1918 Age 24
Place of Death Havrincourt, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference III. D. 4
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion plaque

Biographical Notes

Herbert Burborough was the son of James and Margaret Burborough, of 343 Talbot St Geraldine

Sources

Cenotaph Oct 2013

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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