William Burdett

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Burdett AWMM

Service number

• 8925 AWMM
• 24459 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

2 Apr 1880 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Next of kin

Mrs E. Burdett (wife), Shoal Bay Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Aug 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 8925 AWMM
• 24459 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Steward AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 21 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 62 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 16th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 5.5" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  131 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Death

3 Apr 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20518975
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage Devonport War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  38: 10
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.