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Personal data

• Name KIRK
• Initials WH
• First name WILLIAM HENRY
• Place of birth London
• Country England
• Family Son of Margaret Kirk, of 38, Elsted St., Walworth, London, England.
• Profession Teamster

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 11 November 1914, Victoria, British Columbia
• Service number 77146
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 16th Bn. Manitoba Regiment (Canadian Scottish)
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career previous service-88th Regt; also served in the 30th Bn.

Death

• Wounded While the battalion was doing a tour of the trenches, the wall of a trench collapsed, burying Pte. Kirk.
• Type of wounds Sustained a shock and a fractured spine, from the effect of which he died at n°10 CCS.
• Date of death 4 August 1916
• Died at the age of 30
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - D - 21A

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