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William John Burgess

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Portrait of William (Bill) John Burgess s/n 61038. No Known Copyright.

Portrait of William (Bill) John Burgess s/n 61038. No Known Copyright.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William John AWMM
  • Surname
    Burgess AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 61037 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1886 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs W.J. Burgess (wife), Staveley, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 October 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 61037 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Diphtheria AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Richard Henry Burgess and Bessie (Betsey) Ferguson Burgess.

    Husband of Mrs Marguerite Ivy Geraldine Burgess (nee McRae, later Lorgelly), they married in 1915.

    Four brothers went to war: two were killed William John Burgess (61037) and George Bruckshaw Burgess (32294), the third, Edward Ernest Burgess (32299), lost a leg and the fourth Tom Burgess (6850), twin brother of George returned home uninjured.

    Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 January 1919 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Scotland, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Scotland AWMM D. 59 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      72: 10 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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