Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Burkitt R A    Pte        Robert Alan              Depot    24    Dairy farmer    Single    C of E        

Address:    Essendon, Brewster St, 56    

Next of Kin:    Burkitt, Polly, mother, 56 Brewster St, Essendon    

Enlisted:    1 Feb 1915        

Deceased prior to embarkation - septicaemia, 22/3/1915    

Buried at Will Will Rook Cemetery, Campbellfield

Relatives:  Burkitt-F-D-Pte-10218 brother

War Service Commemorated                                                

Christ Church Roll of Honour *

BURKITT.-On the 22nd March, at his parents

residence, 56 Brewster street Essendon, Robert

Alan, the dearly beloved youngest son of Francis  

Archibald and Mary Addis Burkitt, aged 24 years, 

member of A.I.F. Light Horse.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1504886

The Argus Tuesday 23 March 1915