KIRBY, William Henry
| Service Number: | 6725 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 3 April 1877 |
| Home Town: | Woy Woy, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jeweller |
| Died: | War Service related , Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1933, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Katoomba General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Woy Woy War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6725, Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF), Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6725, 8th Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6725, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 12 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6725, 8th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stuart James
Born Birmigham, Warwickshire, England 3/04/1877. Emigrated to Australia. Enlisted 21/04/1915 (date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 19/04/1915). Based in Liverpool, NSW 21/04/1915-12/08/1915. Assigned to 8th Field Ambulance 13/08/1915. Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10/11/1915. Based in Alexandra, Egypt 10/11/1915-17/06/1916. Disembarked Marseilles 23/06/1916. Unit assigned to Western Front (Battle of Fromelles 19/071916-20/07/1916). Continued in service to January-February 1917. Sent to England for medical treatment. Returned to Australia 21/07/1917. Discharged 12/12/1917. Spent subsequent years in Blue Mounains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital.
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