Māori Fred Bird Died 12 October 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 44083 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesFred AWMM SurnameBird AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 44083 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationFrank Bird (father), Stout Street, Westport, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 44083 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 AWMMHMNZT 79 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Fred Bird was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Bird, of Stout Street, Westport, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death12 October 1917 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryPasschendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Fred Bird by laying a poppy. Frank Bird Frank Bird Fred Bird Frederick Bird Frederick Aubrey Bird Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Fred Bird Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22311385 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/461148/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/461148 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 57: 28 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 99 & 318. Public - Paul - Researcher - 25 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their families. Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 25 April 2021PaulAucklandResearcher The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
