Burvett, Alfred Sydney (Sergeant, b.? - d.1916)

Places	Africa: Egypt Europe: France Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number	1DRL/0169
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type	Letter
Maker	Burvett, Alfred Sydney
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Australia: Victoria, Port Phillip Bay, Point Nepean, Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made	1914-1916
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to service of 157 Sergeant Alfred Sydney Burvett, 24 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, 1914-1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in Australia.

History / Summary

157 Sergeant Alfred Sydney Burvett, 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action 24th August 1916. Age 21. Son of Alfred Stephen and Maria Burvett, of 3 Mackenzie St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Native of Benalla, Victoria.