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Son of William and Mary Ann (née Fox) Burnett. Husband of Myrtle Burnett of London, Ontario. He is commemorated on the family gravemarker with his parents at Hamlet Cemetery near Sparrow Lake, Ontario.
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Enlisted in 1914, went overseas with the 142nd Battalion. Died of wounds received at Vimy Ridge.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 289 of 926.
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Private Harry Charles Burnett is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Harry Charles Burnett is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the London Free Press November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Noeux-les-Mines is a town 6 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the town, on the south-east side of the road to Labourse.
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