Kirkland, Robert Barnes (Serjeant)

Died 1918-October-19

Male Head

Birth Date: 1878

Born: Longsight, Manchester, England (parents)

Parents: Mrs. Sarah Kirkland, widow

Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Watson, married Spring, 1898

Home: Longsight, Manchester, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1917

Service

RAF

Unit

(RAF)

Base

RAF HQ, Toronto

Rank

Serjeant

Position

storeman, RAF HQ

Service Numbers

70586

Final Burial
Google MapToronto Necropolis
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Kirkland spent 4 years in South Africa fighting in the Boer War1898-1902. He had a total of 13 years previous military service, the last stretch as a Company Serjeant-Major. 1918-10-19: Kirkland died of Bronchial Pneumonia; complicated by influenza, on this date at the Toronto Military Base, Base Hospital.

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