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George BURKITT

Regimental number1710
Place of birthHunton, Yorkshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mary Burkitt, Ivydean, Masham, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment date4 January 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 14 April 1915
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 31 December 1914 - 8th Bn, 4th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 8th Bn, 30 May 1915. Wounded at Gallipoli, 9 August 1915. Mortally wounded, 25 June 1916.
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death26
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, row E, Grave No. 153), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Cemetery Details show Regimental No. as 1709

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