KIRBY, Mark Edward
| Service Number: | 112 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunderland England, January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Admastown, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-157. 32. |
| Memorials: | Cundletown Employees of A Goninan & Co Ltd. Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 112, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 112, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 112, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 112, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Shell shock | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 112, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, SW left thigh | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 112, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD (MU) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
79 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 16th June 1941, Lance Corporal Mark Edward Kirby, 34th Battalion, miner from Crown Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age about 54. ANGLICAN 3-157. 32.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139412088
Born at New Seaham Colliery, Sunderland, England about 1887 to Mark and Sarah Kirby; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Kirby nee Sanderson (married 5.10.1907 at St. John Church, Sunderland, England, died?), Mark enlisted January 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 16.7.1917 (shell shock, Messines), 12.10.1917 (GSW right thigh, 1st Battle of Passchendaele), Mr Kirby returned home May 1918, discharged August 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140981024
Mark’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial and the A. Goninan and Company Roll of Honor (photo).
Mr Kirby’s gravesite has curbing and is clearly marked, but unfortunately if a headstone had existed it is now missing, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his service for God, King and Country.
Lest We Forget.
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