KIRBY, Arthur John
(Service number 3/2701)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 31 August 1886 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Hospital attendant | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Dorothy KIRBY (mother), George Street, Waimate | ||
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 | 19th Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 August 1977 | Age | 91 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Waimate Hospital, Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Son of Maurice Henry & Dorothea (nee AMUNDSEN) KIRBY. Brother James Richard KIRBY also served in WWI. Arthur was a stretcher bearer' He was not selected for the front line owing to his poor eyesight. Arthur was due to return to Wellington, New Zealand on 25 June 1919 by 'The Prinzessin' (an ex-German steamer). He married Margaretta JENKINS on 15 February 1921 in Dunedin, and they had two sons and a daughter.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [30 July 2013]; Timaru Herald, 18 June 1919 (Papers Past) [18 June 1919]; Timaru Herald, 11 & 12 August 1977 (Timaru District Library) [24 August 2014]; ancestry.com.au [25 April 2014]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records microfiche collection) [02 May 2014]
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