BORN HULL 1896. SON OF RICHARD THOMAS & ALICE AGNE BURNETT, 6 KATE’S TERRACE, ROSAMOND STREET. EMPLOYED AS A PRINTER’S ERRAND BOY AND THE HULL TRAWLER SUPPLY COMPANY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/05/1915. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/04/1917, AGED 21. BURIED DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 26/05/1917 & 30/05/1917. HE LEFT FIVE BROTHERS AND A YOUNGER SISTER, ALICE.
First name:
JOHN JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
201309
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/04/1917
Place died:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
