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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Frank Bird |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Frank |
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| Surname: |
Bird |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
8/2406 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
S. Bird (father), 53 Beach Street, Petone, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
59 Esplanade, Petone, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
5th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
13 June 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
56 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 5 Company |
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| Place of Death: |
Ypres, Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
10 October 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
19 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Memorial Reference: |
NZ Apse, Panel 3 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Frank Bird was the son of Frank and Bertha Bird, of Ohaupo Road, Hamilton, New Zealand. Native of Manchester, England. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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