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KIRBY, Percy
(Service number 3/97A)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	26/09/1894	Place of Birth	Napier

Enlistment Information

Date	15 August 1915	Age	20 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	88 Chester Street, Christchurch
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience	No. 3 field Ambulance - serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. WILSON (mother), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Religion	Baptist
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 156 lbs. Chest measurement 35-39½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes fair. Hair fair. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Medical Corps
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Unknown Transport
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Ambulance

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan (Gallipoli)
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	22 December 1915	Reason	Medically Unfit for Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 October 1957	Age
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Detective Austin KIRBY & his 2nd wife Elizabeth Ellen FOWERAKER. His mother Elizabeth married 2nd James WILSON, in 1911. Brother Arthur also served in WWI.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 July 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0064887) [30 June 2017]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [17 April 2017]

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