Sapper

Hugh Leslie Birkett

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Henry James and Emma Birkett, of Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
9/1777
Name:
Hugh Leslie Birkett
Rank: 
Sapper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
H.J. Birkett (father), Collingwood Street, Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Engineer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness
Date of Death:
11 May 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
08 January 1916
Transport:
HMNZT 37
Vessel:
Maunganui
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (26 January 1916)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. B. 81.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Hugh Leslie Birkett
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