David Albert KILBURN

Regimental number12/3701
OccupationCadet
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Kilburn, 15 Mount Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot LV, Row B, Grave No 15), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Lillie Kilburn, 29 Burnley Terrace, Mount Eden, Auckland. Eldest son
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 13