George Edgar BURBUSH

Regimental number43395
OccupationMotor mechanic
Next of kinFather, Frank Burbush, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Rank on embarkationBombardier
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (Second Draft) and 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 27 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialVertigneul Churchyard (Grave No 13), France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Frank and Catherine Burbush, Hamilton
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 12/694 Sergeant David Gordon BURBUSH, Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 25 April 1915; 13/2303 Frank Alan BURBUSH; 13/2304 Roy McGregor BURBUSH.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 7

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