George Percival Burkitt

Forenames

George Percival AWMM

Surname

Burkitt AWMM

Also known as

Burkett AWMM

Service number

WWI 70233 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs G.P. Burkitt (wife), 43 Cromwell Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 08 Feb 1918 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 70233 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Seaman AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 34th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died after discharge from the N.Z.E.F. from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service. AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Son of Alfred Whaler Burkit and Elizabeth Burkitt.

Husband of Mrs Marion Maud Burkitt, of 9 Kenneth Ave, Morningside, Auckland.

He is listed on the Nominal Rolls under the spelling 'Burkett', but on the Roll of Honour and cemetery records as 'Burkitt'.

Next of Kin: Mrs G. P. Burkett, Mt., Albert, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1919 AWMM
Age  39 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Section 10. Block E. Lot 48. AWMM

Obituary

CWGC restored headstone 2011 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21889998
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643048/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643048
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 7
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.