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