BIRCH, Augustus Hardy
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Steward |
| Last Unit: | HMS Marchioness of Bute |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental - Fall whilst boarding ship, Leith, Scotland, 25 October 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery Section M - Screen Wall. M. 49. |
| Memorials: | Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Steward, HMS Marchioness of Bute |
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Son of Augustus Hardy BIRCH and Clara BIRCH nee LAWSON.
Husband of Bessie Birch, of 41, Rochester Rd., Kentish Town, London
FATAL ACCIDENT AT LEITH DOCKS
G. Birch, chief steward on board the steamer Marchioness of Bute, at present at Leith, was killed yesterday by falling into the engine-room of the new steamer Lormont, which he was crossing in the dark to reach his own vessel.
Steward Augustus Hardy Birch was buried in Seafield Cemetery, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland – Screen Wall M. 49.
The Admiralty plot is located in Section M (marked by a screen wall bearing the names of those buried there or unmarked in other parts of the cemetery), the rest are scattered. He does not have a headstone but his death is acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Age (Melbourne, Vic) 20-12-1919
BIRCH. — Chief Petty Officer Augustus Hardy Birch, R.N. (North Atlantic Squadron, Archangel, Russia), dearly loved husband of Bess Birch, and son-in-Law of the late J. de Pinney, Esq., Bath, England. and beloved son of Clara and the late A. H, Birch, "Birch Grove," Flemington, and much loved brother of Deri and Nurse Claire Birch. Over five years on active service. Duty nobly done.