Charles Birse

Forenames

Charles AWMM

Surname

Birse AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/671 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

23 Apr 1888 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Helen Birse (mother), Frankton, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/671 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 6.5" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  140 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM

Charles Birse was the son of William S. and Helen M. Birse.

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Birse, Frankton, Otago (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22311463
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/719954/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/719954
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 57
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.