BURBOROUGH, George
(Service number 6/4003)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13/05/1893 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/- H. Christmas, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Wool classer | ||
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| Next of Kin | T. J. BURBOROUGH (father), The Downs, Geraldine | ||
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 | 10th Reinforcements, anterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 September 1969 | Age | 76 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
George Burborough was the eldest of the family of Thomas Josph and Grace May (née Anderson) Burborough. He was educated at Gapes Valley and Geraldine schools. Private G. Burborough was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp. George married Ida May Bryan in 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]
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