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Thomas Alfred BURTT

Regimental number3023
SchoolGardener's Road Public School, Mascot, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPostal assistant
AddressBotany, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Mrs Eliza Baker, 'Waniora', Tenterden Street, Botany, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted June 1915 and served with the 25th Bn at Gallipoli, where he suffered severe frostbite, losing two toes. He was discharged as medically unfit in August 1916. Re-enlisted October 1916 and embarked for the second time in January 1917.
FateDied of wounds 3 April 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Second entry first did not match
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death24.6
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot IX, Row O, Grave No. 14A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Catherine BURTT. Native of Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: James Edward BURTT, 2nd Bn, died of illness, 10 September 1917; Sergeant Henry William BURTT, 2nd and 54th Bns, returned to Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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