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Alfred Sydney BURVETT

Regimental number157
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
SchoolState School, Carlton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSilversmith
AddressMackenzie Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Alfred Stephen Burvett, MacKenzie Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and in the Citizen Military Forces, Victoria.
Enlistment date7 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21.6
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Maria BURVETT, 3 Mackenzie Street, Melbourne. Native of Benalla, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2119 Pte Herbert Henry BURVETT, 6th Bn, died 7 August 1915 from wounds received at Gallipoli; buried at sea.

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