David Burnett

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Burnett AWMM

Also known as

David Hardy Burnett AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/1420 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

27 Dec 1892 Kiwi Jocks Research

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs A.J. Burnett (mother), Peebles, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/1420 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Mrs A.J. Burnett, of 1, Winchester St., Christchurch. AWMM

Death

9 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21890096
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679800/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679800
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 94
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.