BURKETT, Richard
| Service Number: | 6007 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Strathalbyn, South Australia, January 1885 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, Strathalbyn, and Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France - Bullecourt II, 6 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Maylands War Memorial, Narrogin War Memorial, Nomans Lake Memorial Board, Nomans Lake Roll of Honour WWI, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6007, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6007, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6007, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
Pte Richard Burkett
From: In Memory Of
In Memory Of Private Richard Burkett.
Private Burkett was a farmer from Narrogin East, Western Australia. He embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Miltiades for England on the 7th of August 1916. He then proceeded to the Western Front, France, on the 26th of December 1916 to join the 11th Battalion.
Private Burkett was killed in action near Bullecourt, France, on the 6th of May 1917. He has no known grave and he is memorialised on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 32 years.
Private Charles Wesley Burkett, his younger brother, 51st Battalion, 13th Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force, died on the 16th of September 1916 from wounds received on the 9th of September 1916 at Mouquet Farm, Somme, Western Front.
Lest We Forget.
Submitted 22 August 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard and Catherine BURKETT, 41 Tenth Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia
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