Participant Info

Surname

Birse

First Name

John

Initial

S

Service Number

380

Rank

private

Unit Served

9th Machine Gun Company

Service Record

France

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

31 January

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

20 December

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 20, image page 19

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

George and Jane Birse

Parental Address

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Marrickville, May 4, 1897, educated Marrickville West Public School and Dulwich Hill Public School, (father was Municipal Engineer of Marrickville), railway employee, enlisted August 30, 1915, embarked December 23, 1915, was a stretcher-bearer.