Charles Parker KIRBY

KIRBY, Charles Parker

Service Number: 104
Enlisted: 17 September 1915
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, 1 June 1890
Home Town: Dorrigo, Bellingen, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 18 February 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Grave VII. B. 13.
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 104, 33rd Infantry Battalion
4 May 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 104, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked Sergeant, 104, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
18 Feb 1917: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-02-18

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1890  Kirby Charles Parker Highworth 5a 30

Charles Father, John Peter Kirby was born in Blything, Suffolk in 1855. He married Annie Susannah Hopkins in Highworth, Swindon in December 1879.

1891 census

John P Kirby Head 35 Suffolk, England  

Annie S Kirby Wife 31 Wiltshire, England

John H Kirby Son 10 Wiltshire, England

William P Kirby Son 8 Wiltshire, England

Frank Kirby Son 6 Wiltshire, England

Harry T Kirby Son 4 Wiltshire, England

Elsie M Kirby    Daughter 2 Wiltshire, England

Charles P Kirby Son        1 Wiltshire, England

Laura G Westell   Servant   19 Wiltshire, England

Emma F Fletcher Servant   17 London, England

England and Wales Census, 1891-John H Kirby
Event Place:
Swindon, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Event Place Note: Belle Vue
County:Wiltshire
Swindon
Registration District: Highworth

Age:10
Occupation:Scholar

Relationship to Head of Household: Son

 

Charles is remembered on the war memorail in Swindon's Christ Church.

He left a widow, Mrs I Kirby,  of Tyringham via Armidale, New South Wales.

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