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BURBOROUGH, Herbert Robert
(Service number 68506)

Herbert Burborough's Victory Medal edge stamp — Note the medal appears to have at some point been fitted with the incorrect ribbon (from a British War Medal) (Courtesy of W Stacey )

Herbert Burborough's Victory Medal - obverse — Note the medal appears to have at some point been fitted with the incorrect ribbon (from a British War Medal) (Courtesy of W Stacey )

Herbert Burborough's Victory Medal - reverse — Note the medal appears to have at some point been fitted with the incorrect ribbon (from a British War Medal) (Courtesy of W Stacey )

Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion — "Erected by the members in memory of their comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” (Courtesy of K Close and P McAuliffe )

Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion - plaque — The plaque above the building’s door reads: “Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion. Erected by the members in memory of their comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1918”.
The building was opened on 22 October 1923. It still stands today (2019) in the Geraldine Domain. (Courtesy of K Close and P McAuliffe )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	19/11/1893	Place of Birth	Geraldine, NZ

Enlistment Information

Date	12 September 1917	Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Grocer's assistant
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J. Burborough (fatheer), 343 Talbot St, Geraldine
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	34th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Liverpool, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade, 4th Battallion

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 September 1918	Age	24
Place of Death	Havrincourt, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference	III. D. 4
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion plaque

Biographical Notes

Herbert Burborough was the son of James and Margaret Burborough, of 343 Talbot St Geraldine

Sources

Cenotaph Oct 2013; SCRoll submission by K Close, 23 July 2025

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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