Cuthbert Periston BIRD

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BIRD, Cuthbert Periston

Service Number:	588
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 588, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 588, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

Cuthbert Peniston BIRD (Service Number 588) was born on 16 November 1891 at Bungy, Suffolk, England. He became a casual tram conductor in Sydney in February 1913 and was made a permanent employee a year later. Very soon after the outbreak if the Great War he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He embarked from Australia on 22 December 1914 on HMAT ‘Ulysses’.
He was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 1 May 1915, only a few days after the landing. The circumstances are not recorded, and his body was never recovered.
His name is recorded on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
(NAA B2455-3084369)

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