BURKETT, Charles Alexander
| Service Numbers: | TX3063, T23394 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Currie, King Island,Tasmania, Australia, 1 May 1907 |
| Home Town: | Currie, King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Currie, King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 22 October 1972, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Currie Public Cemetery, King Island, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, TX3063 | |
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| 26 Oct 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, TX3063, embarked Sydney for Middle East | |
| 16 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, TX3063, embarked Suez for Melbourne on board HMHS Somersetshire en route for Hobart | |
| 17 Jun 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, TX3063 | |
| 15 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T23394 | |
| 28 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T23394 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Charles Alexander Burkett (Service No:T23394) initially served in the AIF (Lance Corporal; Service No:TX3063) with 7 Salvage Unit in the Middle East (26 October 1940 to 16 April 1941) and was hospitalised in Gaza with a septic ulcer before being evacuated to Australia, where he was again hospitalised and Discharged as Medically Unfit. Private Burkett then served in the ACMF (15 December 1941 - 28 January 1942) with 4 Battalion VDC.
Charlie was born in Currie, King Island, Tasmania in 1907, fourth of five children of Patrick (Pat) Burkett (b1877 at Emerald Hill, Victoria) and Amelia (Millie) Catherine Turner (b1879 in Rosedale, Tasmania). Pat was a Cabinet Maker in 1900 when he and Millie married in Melbourne. By 1911 they had settled in Currie on King Island, Tasmania where Pat was a Grazier, Labourer and Fruiterer. In 1916 Pat and Millie were living in Melbourne, where Pat worked as a Packer and Driver and served in the AIF in 1918/1919 (Private; Service Nos:1218/6518). Through the 1920s Pat worked at Brown Coal Mine in Moe as a Cook and Carpenter before returning to King Island in the early 1930s.
Charlie worked in Currie, King Island as a Casual Labourer and in 1937 married Iris (Sis) Mary French (b1916 in Burnie, TAsmania). Following his Discharge, Charlie and Sis settled in Currie where they raised their family and Charlie worked as a Labourer and Share Farmer (Dairy), and was nominated on several occasions for Local Council. Charlie died in 1972 and Sis in 2005).
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