Edwin Fitzherbert BURROWES

Regimental number13/779
Date of birth20 March 1894
Place of birthBlenheim
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCheesemaker
AddressFrazer Road, Hawera
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.9
Height5' 10.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, Edwin Fitzherbert Burrowes, Egmont Street, Hawera
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets, and in 11th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date17 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin Fitzherbert Burrowes and Annie Maria Burrowes, Sanson, Manawatu
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Posted to unit at Dardanelles, 30 June 1915.

Reported wounded, 8 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry, Serapeum, 18 February 1916, concluded: 'Now reported wounded and missing, believed to be dead on or about 8 August 1915.'

War service: 235 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21890332

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