Regimental number | 3023 |
School | Gardener's Road Public School, Mascot, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Postal assistant |
Address | Botany, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs Eliza Baker, 'Waniora', Tenterden Street, Botany, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 35th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/52/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 33rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 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. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Second entry first did not match |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Age at death | 24.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | St. 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 connections | Brother: 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 |