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BURNETT, Leonard Ward

Service Numbers:	SN 6483, 6483
Enlisted:	26 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 11 June 1898
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Mitcham Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Zillebeke, Belgium, 1 March 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Number of casualties: 397 Cemetery/memorial reference: II. D. 12., Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6483, 10th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6483, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
1 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6483, 10th Infantry Battalion, Buried at Spoilbank Cemetery - the site of a Casualty Clearing Station

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Youngest son of George BURNETT and Alice Johnson