Maj George Kirby^[1]

Abt 1876 - 1960  (84 years)

• Name	George Kirby  [2]
  Prefix	Maj
  Birth	Abt 1876	Kensington, London
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 1960	Harry Squires Memorial Hostel for the elderly, Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand
  Person ID	I86013	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Alice Marie (Elsie) Maitland
  Marriage	1900
  Children	1. Alfred Reginald Claud Kirby,   b. Abt 1901, UK d. 21 Jun 1963 (Age 62 years)   2. Roddy Kirby   3. Zara Valda Mari Kirby,   b. Abt 1903   d. 6 Jul 1944, Died In Japanese Pow Camp (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F24274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  He was in the Ceylon Volunteer Rifles and actually enlisted in Australia, and ended up with the Light Horse of Gallipoli fame and also served on Western Front, but was Court Martialled for using regiment funds (probably for gambling). He married Miriam Lavinia Bowker in 1951 (folio 05915). She had previously married Walter William Bowker in 1924 (folio 3443) and as Miriam Lavinia Greenwood had married Benjamin Percy Lawn in 1908 (folio 4640). She had divorced Walter Bowker in 1929, and Benjamin Lawn married again in 1923. Miriam Lavinia Kirby died in Auckland in 1966.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren. [S128] Mac 14Febxx.FTW.