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IRWIN, Robert Cyril Munro
(Service number 77559)

Aliases	Cyril
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	05/05/1897	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Lands Department, Hokitika
Occupation	Civil servant
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr R. IRWIN (father), 138 Vanguard Street, Nelson
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Training Unit

Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Civil Servant

Death

Date	16 August 1925	Age	28 years
Place of Death	Pukeora Sanatarium, Waipukurau
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waipukurau Cemetery, Hawke's Bay
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Cyril Munro Irwin, known as Cyril, was the eldest son of Robert and Annie Margaret (née Munro) Irwin. His early education was at Rangitata Station School. In 1910 he entered Motueka District High School and from 1913 till 1914 attended Nelson College. He was employed in the Lands and Survey Department.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [20 October 2019]; Waipukurau Cemetery headstone image (Central Hawke's Bay District Council) [20 October 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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