BIRCH, Albert Victor
| Service Number: | 713 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Cairns. Ql.d, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist's Assistant |
| Died: | Qld., 29 June 1943, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 85 8 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 713, NG Force later 7 Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 713, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 713, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
OBITUARY.
ALBERT VICTOR (VIC.) BIRCH.
Advice has been received by Mrs. D. Birch, snr. of Grove-street, Cairns, of the death in Brisbane yesterday of her son Albert Victor (Vic) Birch. The late Mr. Birch, who was a native of Cairns, resided here all his life Recently he went to Brisbane for health reasons. Deceased was a returned soldier of the First AIF (25th Battalion). He is survived by his wife, three sons. Norman, Robert (of the RAAF), and Thomas, also one daughter, Isabel of the W.R.A.N.S. Mr. Dod Birch, of Cairns, is a brother and Mrs. A. O. Williams and Mrs. J. G. Norris, of Cairns, are sisters. Deceased was a prominent member of the Returned Soldiers' League in Cairns for many years.
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