Battery Sergeant Major

Robert Birnie

DCM, MiD (WW1)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Birnie, of 1, O'Rorke Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
2/423
Name:
Robert Birnie
Rank: 
Battery Sergeant Major
Date of Birth:
27 April 1889
Place of Birth: 
Auckland, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs J. Birnie (mother), O'Rorke Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
O'Rorke Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
21 October 1916
Day of Death:
Saturday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10
Vessel:
Limerick or Arawa
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. E. 23.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Robert Birnie
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