KIRKMAN, John
(Service number 13768)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 29/06/1896 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 98 Dixon Street, Wellington | ||
| Occupation | Steward | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs W. PALMER (mother), 78 Church Street West, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 8th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Infantry Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 July 1978 | Age | 82 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Kirkman was born on 29 June 1896 at Waimate, the youngest son of Thomas and Mary Jane (née Derrick) Kirkman. His father died in1911, leaving a widow and a family of eleven. His mother married William Palmer in 1915. John married (as John Samuel) to Esther Evelyn Sellars (Essie) on 2 April 1919 at Chalmers Church, Timaru. Their only son, Nevin John Kirkman, was born in 1920 at Timaru. John and Esther divorced in 1925. [See Timaru Herald, 6 Dec 1916, 4 Dec 1917, 2 April 1919, 3 April1920, 10 Dec 1920]. .
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 October 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 October 2018]
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