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Military service
Service number:
M/101927
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Birth:
January 2, 1919
Dover, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
June 12, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
October 14, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 13
Additional information
Son of William Wood Burkett and Bessie Hannah Burkett, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Twin brother of Signalman Ronald Burkett, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.
Digital gallery of Private Maurice Burkett
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial plaque in memory of twin brothers Ronald and Maurice Burkett. All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, 103rd Street, Edmonton, Alberta. -
Inscription
Detail of Memorial plaque in honour of Maurice Burkett. All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, 103rd Street, Edmonton, Alberta. -
View of Memorial plaque
View of church interior containing Memorial plaques. The Burkett plaque is in the centre. All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, 103rd Street, Edmonton, Alberta. -
Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. His twin brother Ronald perished on 8 August 1944 and is commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial, Calvados, France. -
Entrance
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Burkett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 263 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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