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BIRRELL, Robert
(Service number 11207)

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First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Andrew Birrell (father), Longforgan, Dundee, Scotland
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 12th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Date 1 May 1916
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 12 December 1917 Age
Place of Death Belgium
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Menin Road South Military Cemeterty, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference III. N. 35
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Southburn School War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph Sep 2013

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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