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Death Of Rev.
W. E. BURKITT
Rev. W. E. Burkitt, who was
knocked down by a truck and fatally
injured at Gordon (Sydney), was well
known in the Newcactle diocese.
After serving first as a private and
then as a chaplain in the A.I.F. in
World War 1, he went to St. Paul's,
West Maitland, as curate.
He was in turn rector of Wickham
for six years, Branxton for eight
years, and Denman for four years.
He then became rector of Morpeth,
resigning in 1944
Mr. Burkitt saw service in France
in World War 1, first with the 9th
Field Ambulance and then as chap-
lain to the 33rd battalion. In World
War 2 he was chaplain on the hos-
pital ship Manunda, also for some
time at the 113th A.G.H., Concord
On demobilisation, he spent about
six months at Concord, and to the
time of his death was relieving chap-
lain at the repatriation hospital there
Mr. Burklitt's son, John, of Ho-
bart, Tasnmania, was married in Ho-
bart on Friday night. News of the
accident to his father reached him
two hours before the ceremony was
scheduled to begin. It was too late
to postpone the wedding, which was
quietly celebrated. He left Hobart
by air on Saturday morning, reach-
ing Sydney the same afternoon.
Mr. Burkitt's wife died in 1942
Three daughters, Margaret, Ruth and
Barbara, also survive.
He leaves two brothers, Mr. Her
bert Burkitt, of Chatswood, and Mr
Marcus Burkitt (the blind pianist)
of Strathfield.
Mr. Burkitt, who was 56, was a
son of the late Mr. W. M. H. Bur-
kitt, who was also widely known in
the Newcastle diocese, where he was
a lay preacher.
A service will be held to-day at
St. James' Church of England, Tur-
ramurra. The funeral will leave the
church at 1.30 p.m. for the North-
ern Suburbs Crematorium.
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