Regimental number | 45231 |
Occupation | Painter |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Margaret Milburn, 20 Grove Street, St Kilda, Dunedin |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, J Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Final rank | Corporal |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 6), Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Margaret Milburn, 22 Grove Street, St Kilda, Dunedin |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 45230 James Emerson MILBURN; 3/791 Robert MILBURN |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 20 |
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