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NAME:                      Birney, John Gordon
RANK:                      2nd Lieutenant
UNIT:                      Highland Light Infantry
BATTALION ETC:             1st Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 11th January 1917 Kut
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Basra Memorial, Iraq
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 19. Born 11th January 1898 at Tunbridge Wells.
                           In probate address is Killarney, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells.
                           Son of Sarah Duncuft Birney, of Sandes Soldier's Home, Meerut, United Provinces, India,
                           and the late Lt. John Ramsay Birney (R.E.).