BURBOROUGH, John
(Service number 78591)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 03/11/1898 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | "The Downs", Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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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 | 40th Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 10 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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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 | 12 December 1989 | Age | 91 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Fairlie Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Burborough was the younger son of Thomas Josph and Grace May (née Anderson) Burborough. He was educated at Geraldine District High School and Temuka School. John married Iris May Colville in 1927 at Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Fairlie Cemetery headstone image (Mackenzie District Council) [16 August 2019]
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