L/Cpl
George Kirvan

Information about birth

Year of birth:
1891

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Service number:
4921
Enlistment date:
09/03/1916
Enlistment place:
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Units:
 —  Australian Infantry, 50th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
28/10/1917
Age:
26

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Plot: XXI
Row: G
Grave: 21

Distinctions and medals 3

Points of interest 1

#1 Enlistment place

Sources 2

50th Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/67/16).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, KIRVAN G).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx
Sources used

More information 5

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/431381
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum)
https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=6c42b083-6386-469e-abbe-5accbf609966
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7503195
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5057324
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra)
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=166771