condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Mervyn William Kirk

-
Lay a poppy
Photograph of Mervyn William Kirk of Gore, died of Influzena. Image kindly provided by Owen Phillips (June 2020). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Mervyn William Kirk of Gore, died of Influzena. Image kindly provided by Owen Phillips …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervyn William AWMM
  • Surname
    Kirk AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/207 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    8 August 1893 Military personnel file Gore, Southland Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Eccles Street, Gore, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 William Kirk (father), Eccles Street, Gore, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/207 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Influenza AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of William Kirk and Emma Kirk, of Crewe St., Gore, Southland, New Zealand.

    Brothers Mervyn Kirk (24/207) died in New Zealand and Wilfred Blythe Kirk (24/484) died in England. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    15 November 1918 AWMM
    Gore, Southland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Gore Cemetery, Crewe Street, Gore, New Zealand AWMM Section 5. Block 1. Lot 37. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Mervyn William Kirk by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Mervyn William Kirk

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Related Serviceperson

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

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.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.