James
Richard
Burnett
Born in Waimea South, Nelson, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Roache Burnett
and Ellen (Davies) Burnett
Brother of
John Edwin Thomas Burnett, Leila Adeline (Burnett) Fieldes, Clement Martin Burnett, Amelia Ellen (Burnett) Win, Ernest Hillin Burnett, Fenton Montague Burnett and Percy Casper Burnett
Died
at age 34
in Alexandria, Egypt
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2013
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Biography
James Richard Burnett, son of Thomas Burnett and Ellen Davies.
Like his father, James worked as a Farmer settling in Paenga, Murchison as did his brother Fenton. (Paenga was given as his address at the time of his enlistment - WWI)
James served with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. serial no 6/2562, rank Private. He embarked on the Willochra or Tofua, August 14, 1915 with the 6th Reinforcements, from Wellington bound for Eygpt. Just 4 months later James contracted Pneumonia complicated with Diphtheria. He was admitted to the 19th General Hospital in Alexandria on December 12.
James died 16 days later on December 28 age 34. He was buried at Alexandria Military and War Memorial Cemetery.[1]
Sources
- https://ancestry.com.au NZ Electoral Rolls
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Faye Whitfield.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Michael Mayes 
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Kerry Mayes :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RH9196116 [compare]
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Judy (Wilkinson) Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A761586 [compare], yourDNAportal JUDde50440c, Ancestry member judydwall
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~0.78%
Graham Savell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A724814 [compare], Ancestry member Graham_Savell
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Elliot Powell :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ray Mankelow :
MyHeritage DNA
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