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Full Name
Eric Bell Burr
Rank Last Held
Trooper
Forename(s)
Eric Bell
Surname
Burr
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
11/208
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Lance Corporal
Next of Kin
P. Burr (father), Hastings, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Hastings, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
Main Body
Embarkation Unit
Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date
16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Orari or Arawa
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
96
Campaigns
Gallipoli
Last Unit Served
Wellington Mounted Rifles
Place of Death
At sea, HMHS Gascon ex Gallipoli
Date of Death
9 August 1915
Age at Death
23
Year of Death
1915
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Memorial Name
Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey
Memorial Reference
72
Biographical Notes
Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Burr, of Frederick St., Hastings, Napier.
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org