Regimental number | 3251 |
Place of birth | Alexandra, Victoria |
Other Names | BURD, Eric James |
School | Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Medical Corps, Citizen Military Forces. |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Field Ambulance |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Name given on RoH circular as Eric James BIRD, 6th Field Ambulance. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Brown's Dip, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 19 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Lone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 15), Gallipoli |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 182 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Isabella WILSON BIRD, 17 Rippon Street, North Ballarat, Victoria. Native of Alexandra, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |