BURRELL, Robert Alexander
(Service number 54114)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 07/10/1889 | Place of Birth | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Sxotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Cave via Timaru, Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs H. W. McCullough (mother), Cave | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 28th Reinforcements, F Company | ||
| Date | 24 July 1917 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Decon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 January 1983 | Age | 93 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashburton Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert Alexander Burrell was born on 7 October 1889 at Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Scottish-born Adam Guthrie Burrell and Clara (Clarissa) Jane née Scott. Adam and Clara had married in 1886 at Ballina, Ireland. Adam was the son of William Burrell, shipowner of Glasgow, and a brother of Sir William Burrell, Hetton Castle, Berwickshire. In 1891, with their daughter Isabella and one year old Robert, they were living at Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, where Adam was a marine engineer. In 1893, Adam , Clara and their three children travelled to Wyoming, USA, where William was born in 1895. Some time after they went to Cape Town, South Africa, where son Adam was born. In 1902 Robert and his brothers George and William started at Arthur Street School in Dunedin, having come from the Marist Brothers School in Cape Town. By this time their father was a medical practitioner. Just three months later they transferred to Methven. The family was at Oxford,Canterbury, when another son was born - Roderick Scott Burrell. Adam Guthrie Burrell, senior, died in 1907. Clara remarried in 1911 to William Alexander McCullough.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 December 2017]; Timaru Herald, 8 & 21 August 1919, Press, 13 October 1928 (Papers Past) [17 December 2017]; Ashburton Cemetery headstone image (Ashburton District Council) [17 December 2017]; School Admission record (Dunedin Branch NZSG) [17 August 2017]
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