KIRBY  H.

Given Names:  Harold

               

Service Number:  287

Unit:  29th Battalion, A Company                                                                                     

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  26 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Driver                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¼ In                  

Weight:  168 Lbs

Chest:  37-39 In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/1/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Lucy Edna Kirby

4 Derby Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  10/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Sydney                                    

Embarked:  29/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  17/4/1919

Unit:  14th Australian Light Horse Regiment                                                                                    

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  31/3/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Awarded

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Thomas KIRBY                           

Mother:  Emma ANGEL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1913     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Lucy Edna ALLAN

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/5/1948                          

Place: Caulfield, Victoria                          

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary