Lloyd KIRK

KIRK, Lloyd

    Service Number: 756
    Enlisted: 24 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Hampton, Bayside, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Mechanic
    Died: Thermic Fever, At sea, Egypt, 28 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 756, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 756, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 756, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Arthur Kirk and Jane Kirk nee Gaudion of 4 Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, Victoria. Brother of Arthur Reginald Kirk who died of wounds on 9 August 1916 while serving with the Australian Trench Mortar Battery and is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension. Plot V11, Row B, Grave 12

    Medals: British War Medal

    Also served in the Naval Cadets, St Kilda, Victoria

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