Born on 3 May 1897 in Odessa, Ontario - son of Herbert Burnett, Odessa, Ontario - recruitment forms provide the following: present address in Odessa, Ontario, single, Free Methodist, trade as miller, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Barriefield, Ontario, on 6 May 1918 (number 3058233) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.
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