KILBURN, Wilfred
| Service Number: | 2697 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 13 September 1881 |
| Home Town: | Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France Panel 8., VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victoria Park War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2697, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 2697, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2697, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 37 and the son of Wilman and Maria Kilburn; husband of M. J. Kilburn, of 30, Cecil St., Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Births Sep 1881 Kilburn Wilfred Dewsbury 9b 681.
He is honoured on the Dewsbury War Memorial.
Biography
Wilfred was a veteran of the Boar War. He came home to Dewsbury from that and emigrated to Australia with his Wife and daughter. He felt it was his duty to fight in WW1. My grandfather, his brother was there in France when the Australian soldiers arrived. He looked for his brother among the ranks but never saw him. My grandfather then went off to the Somme. He left a wife and five children in Australia. - Simone Kilburn
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