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Albert Kirk

  • Service number
    • 7318 AWMM
    • SA War: # 7318; WWI: # 81909 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • SA War: 9th NZ Contingent; WWI: Otago Infantry Regiment Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Kirk AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 7318 AWMM
    • SA War: # 7318; WWI: # 81909 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 August 1885 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    31 August 1885 by WWI record - SA War record: 1881 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Petone (by WWI record, but no NZ record of birth) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of William Mathew & Mary Jane Kirk Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre SA War: Te Arai Bridge, Gisborne
    Pre WWI: Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
    Manutuke, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Pre SA War: father - W M Kirk of Te Arai
    Pre WWI: wife - Mrs I I Kirk of Manutuke Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record
  • Relationship status
    Pre SA War - single
    1908 - married Ida Irene Hedlund Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    WWI: Western European - France Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • SA War: 9th NZ Contingent; WWI: Otago Infantry Regiment Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • 7318 AWMM
    • SA War: # 7318; WWI: # 81909 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Military service
    SA War: 1902; WWI: 1917-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1902 SA War Medal & WWI British War & Victory Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Gisborne Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military records
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • South Africa Labourer/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage
      Gisborne, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    • 25 Feb 1902 at Onehunga
      26 Dec 1917 at Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military records
  • Occupation before enlistment
    pre WWI: Chef in Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    SA War: 21 yrs 6 mths & WWI: 32 yrs 4 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military records

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father was named W.M. Kirk. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    12 November 1935 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Age at death
    52 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block: 6; Plot: 66A Warrant # 2888 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's SA Boer War Memorial - refer Document attached " Gisborne Boys in the SA Boer War" Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 July 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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04 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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