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MUIR, Albert Daniel
(Service number 82090)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	23/12/1898	Place of Birth	Springston

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Totara Valley, Pleasant Point, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. MUIR (mother), Totara Valley, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	16 March 1949	Age	50 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Albert Daniel Muir was the youngest son of Daniel and Ellen (née Taylor) Muir. He married Catherine Walker in 1928. His brother John was killed in action in 1917 in France, and another brother Archie served in World War I and was awarded the Military Medal.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [23 May 2018]; Temuka Cemetery records (Timaru District Council) [27 May 2018]

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