CEF Soldier Detail

Private Albert Thomas Burgess
Died: March 23, 1919

Regimental Number:
7013
Survived War:
 Yes
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
 1st Battalion
Company:
Place of Birth:
Hamilton, Ont.
Country:
 Canada
Next of Kin:
76 York St., Hamilton, Ont. (Esther Burgess, wife)
Address at Enlistment:
76 York St., Hamilton, Ont.
Date of Birth:
August 9, 1882
Trade or Calling:
Plumbing & Steamfitting
Marital Status:
 Married
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Place of Enlistment:
 Valcartier, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
September 15, 1914
Age at enlistment:
32
Height:
 5 Feet 4 Inches
Chest:
 34 Inches
Expansion:
 2 1/2 Inches
Religion:
 Methodist
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Unknown    
Cause of Death:
Not Specified
Battle Died/Wounded:
Date of Death:
March 23, 1919
Age at Death:
36
Buried at:
 Hamilton Cemetery, Ontario, Canada
Plot:
 Y.9. 18.
Commemorated:
 Hamilton Ontario Cenotaph
 
Prisoner of war:
No
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Caucasian
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1273-8
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Private Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion

Son of Benjamin Burgess and the late Elizabeth Burgess; husband of Ethel Ruth Burgess, of 177, Park Row Avenue, Hamilton, Ont.

A letter dated Oct. 23, 1914 from Pte. Albert T. Burgess, appeared in the Dundas Star newspaper on November 12, 1914.  A copy is available on this website in the Letters section.

Pte. Burgess indicated on his September 1914 military attestation that he had 9 years experience with the Wentworth militia regiment, and for years with the Army Medical Corps.

Pte. Burgess is one of the Hamilton Ontario war dead and is remembered by the Hamilton Cenotaph.  Although the names are not inscribed on the cenotaph, a copy of the names is displayed in scroll at the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry museum at the Hamilton Armouries.

A photo of his Hamilton, Ontario, grave taken in early 2006 appears on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

M. I. Pirie
imagesofcanada @ hotmail.com