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Private JOHN RICHARD SAMUEL BIRBECK

Service Number: 59305
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 December 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

I. B. 12.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rebecca Birbeck; husband of Annie Odlum (formerly Birbeck), of 34, Church St., Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand. Native of Christchurch, New Zealand.
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BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2112
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