Charles Ernest Kirk
Died 23 Oct 1915
- Service number
- WWI 10/1550 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Charles Ernest AWMM
- Surname
- Kirk AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 10/1550 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- b. 1876Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of William & Sarah Ann KIRKPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM 321 Ormond Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Robert Butler (cousin), 321 Ormond Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/1550 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Drowned AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Charles Kirk was the son of William Kirk, of Auckland.
His father was working at the Kauri Timber Company on the Island at the time of his birth (information supplied by Mrs Fallon, a descendant).
One of twenty nine crew and 182 troops lost on the torpedoed Marquette 23 October 1915
The Marquette was a British Merchant ship of 7,057 tons. It sank when a torpedo launched from a submarine hit it 36 miles south of Salonika Bay. Twenty nine crew and 182 troops were lost. Ten of those who died were New Zealand nurses who had been working at No.1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital in Port Said in October 1915 when they were ordered to prepare to go to Lemnos. The hospital was to be set up there to care for casualties being brought back from the Dardanelles. The Transport Ship Marquette took on board officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps, 36 New Zealand Army Nursing Staff, 610 officers and men of 29th Divisional Ammunition Column , 541 mules and some ammunition in mid October sailed for Salonika. The French torpedo destroyer Tirailleur joined the convoy on 22 October which gave credence to the idea that there was a real danger of being attacked by German submarines in the Mediterranean. The torpedo destroyer left the convoy on 22 October and at 9.15 am on 23 October the Marquette was hit by a torpedo on the starboard side and began to list. Within about 15 minutes she had sunk.
Next of Kin: Mr W. Kirk, Newton, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Brother of Arthur Louis Kirk, who also served at Gallipoli and then went on to serve on the Western Front.Public - Karl - Other relative - 4 May 2016 - Family records, Military Personnel Files
- At Gallipoli he shared a bivouac (bivvy) with Vic Nicholson and James Whiteford Swan and 2 other unknown soldiers of the Wellington Regiment. Their bivvy was just opposite Colonel Malone's tent at Quinns Post. Vic Nicholson and James Whiteford Swan were also with him on the Marquette but survived after nine and a half hours in the water.Public - Toni - Researcher - 17 August 2015 - From the Vic Nicholson Interview with Jane Tolerton and Nicholas Boyack in 1988
- Charles Kirk was the son of William Kirk, of Auckland.
About death
- Death
- 23 Oct 1915 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Accidental Death AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Obituary
- Mrs Robert Butler, of Ormond road, to-day received the sad intelligence from the Minister of Defence that her cousin, Private Charles Ernest Kirk, had been drowned by the sinking of the steamer, Marquette. Private Kirk left Gisborne with the main body of the Expeditionary Force. He took part in the historic landing at Gallipoli, and was wounded. On recovery he returned to the front and was again wounded, and it was owing to his wound that he was being conveyed on the Marquette.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13832, 4 NOVEMBER 1915, PAGE 6
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Mikra Memorial, Greece AWMM
- Mercury Bay World War One Memorial AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057587
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1647915/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1647915
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 397 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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