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BURNET, William
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2607, 2607A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Hawick, Scotland, 28 February 1874 |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Teviot Grove Academy Hawick |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 September 1916, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of William and Elizabeth Burnet, of 30, Drumlanrig Square, Hawick, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Hawick Municipal Roll of Honour at Wilton Lodge Public Park, Hawick, Scotland
UKNIWM Ref: 44298
William had been in Australia for 16 years before he joined the AIF in Perth gravelling 309 miles in a bullock wagon in order to enlist. He served in Egypt and France, was a gool bomber and while bringing in a batch of German Prisoners bombed out of a dug-out he was shot by a sniper on 3rd September 1916