The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1899
Private Egon Birk Record no. 013593 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 6 January 1899
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 013593
Record of service
- Name
- Egon Birk
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 6 January 1899
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 22
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 6 January 1899
1. Entered from the depot at Ostrabruck. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 1 December 1876, at Ostrabruck, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- clerk
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: clerk, of Ostrabruck.
Next of kin
| mother | Ingrid Birk | born 1832, died 1894 | farmer |
The persons entered above are the next of kin as given by the above-named on entering the regiment, corrected against the civil register.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.