George Burnett

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 292593
  • Rank: Private
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  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
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  • Date of Death: 23.04.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Browns Copse Cemetery, Roeux
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: II.B.2.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 88 Strathmartine Road, Dundee
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More about George Burnett

George shares a final resting place with Pte Stanley Carey, 26237, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment who was killed in action, 11.05.1917. His aunt and N.O.K. Miss Jane Burnett, 88 Strathmartine Rd, Dundee.

George Burnett   292593   Black Watch

BURNETTIn loving memory of my dear grandson, Private George Burnett, R.H., killed in action on 23rd April 1917. (American papers please copy.) – Inserted by his grandmother, Mrs G. Burnett, 38 Strathmartine Road.

Dundee People’s Journal 27th April 1918

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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