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Captain Frank James Burke

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1891-11-25
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Alice Burke (Wife), 2058 Scarth Street, Regina, Saskatchewan/2 - 65 Spadina Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Newspaper Editor
Occupation (normalized): Editor, Newspapers and Periodicals
Address: 2058 Scarth Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1918-10-11
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, VII. B. 61.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Captain (38th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Captain, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-09-30 ?
  2. Private (Army). 1916-02-10 ?
  3. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-01-08 ?
  4. Captain, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-09-30 ?
  5. Lieutenant (Army). 1916-11-11 ?
  6. Private (Army). 1916-11-27 ?
  7. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-01-08 ?
  8. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-05-06 ?
  9. Lieutenant, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-06-17 ?
  10. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-08-20 ?
  11. Lieutenant (Army). 1918-02-15 ?
  12. Lieutenant, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-05-21 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: 13-08-1917: Wounded during advance on Avion.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 168909
LAC ID: 76134
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B1282-S021
Uploader's Notes: Son of D.P. and Emily Burke of Ottawa; husband of Alice Donovan Burke of 65 Spadina Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes:

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 195th Battalion Officers Declaration made 11-03-1916
Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 6th Reserve Battalion Shoreham Captain Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion

22-09-1918: To be acting Captain

30-09-1918: Temp. Captain

11-101918: Admitted to No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station - declared seriously ill.

11-10-1918: Died of illness.

Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 32nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 37th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 64th Battalion Transferred from 37th Battalion to 6th Reserve Battalion and 64th Battalion on the same day. Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 7th Reserve Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, 1st Eastern Ontario Regiment Wounded by shrapnel during advance to Avion and subsequently T.O.S. with the E.O.R.D. Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 6th Reserve Battalion Seaford T.O.S. 6th Reserve Battalion pending return to the 38th Battalion in the field. Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion Captain Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion Died of illness 10 days following appointment to Temp. Captain ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-08-23