John Kirkby

1883-†?

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37597

Born in England

24 September 1883

Parents

Mother

Mary Kirkby

Father

William Kirkby

Settled in New Zealand

1913

Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Blackwater Mines Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 105/0064973, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

Anthony Byledbal, “John Kirkby (1883-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/459