Gilbert James Bryan Cairnie

Forenames

Gilbert James Bryan AWMM

Surname

Cairnie AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/50 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

5 Jun 1881 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
18 Balfour St, Port Glasgow AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waimana Avenue, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs J.J. Nolkwyn, Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/50 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 8.5" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  166 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

5 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Private G. J. B. Cairnie, who was reported to have been missing since June 5, was a computing draughtsman in the Lands and Survey Department’s Auckland office, and went to the front with the Auckland Infantry Company, in the main expeditionary force. He is 31 years old, and after working in West Australia for some time came to New Zealand about eight years ago. He served in the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers for five years, and is a member of the Legion of Frontiersmen. Private Cairnie’s sister, Mrs. J. J. Volkwyn, resides in Heidelberg, Transvaal. (Auckland Weekly News, 1 July 1915, p. 21) AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Northcote War Memorial, Corner Lake and Onewa Roads, Northcote, Auckland 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/R21891765
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/719996/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/719996
  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: 101
• Auckland Weekly News
  Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 1 July 1915, p. 21.
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.