Regimental number | 4361 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Camp Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Painter |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 39 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Eleanor Bird, Barrister Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | His father, Peter Bird, fought in the Crimean War; his uncle, William Goerge Walker Bird, fought in the Indian Mutiny and at the siege of Lucknow. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Molenaarelshoek, Ypres, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 42 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLVII, Row D, Grave No. 1), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Peter and Elanor BIRD, 4 Mawson Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia. Native of Bendigo |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |