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"Hugh Carlisle Birkett survived The Battle of the Somme in 1916, only to die of cerebrospinal meningitis following measles in the No. 7 General Hospital at St. Omer in France. Hugh left a valuable record in the letters he wrote home to his family. He was my first cousin thrice removed." Read the full biography by Debbie McCauley at this link https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/hugh-carlisl...
1895 |
September 9, 1895
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Durham Road, Inglewood, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1895/9468). |
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1917 |
May 11, 1917
Age 21
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No. 7 General Hospital, St. Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France
Death Registration Number: (reg. 1918/42306). |
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May 11, 1917
Age 21
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Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France
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