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Military service
Service number:
M/101928
Age:
25
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth:
January 2, 1919
Dover, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
June 15, 1942
Alberta
Death:
August 8, 1944
In the field
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 21, Column 2.
Additional information
Son of William Wood Burkett and Bessie Hannah Burkett, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Twin brother of Private Maurice Burkett, who died while serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 263 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAYEUX MEMORIAL Calvados, France
The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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