Military service
Service number:
1023
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
November 29, 1894
Burnt Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
January 23, 1915
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont-Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
F. 51.
Additional information
Son of Sylvester and Mary Ellen (Doyle) Burke, of Tor's Cove, Ferryland, Newfoundland. Brother to Esther, Elizabeth and Michael.
Digital gallery of Private Garrett Burke
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Biography
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Newfoundland Legion magazine “Lest We Forget”. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the St. John Daily Star July 27th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Garrett Burke
Digital gallery of
Private Garrett Burke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 20 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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