Name: Lawrence Burrill Rank: Private Service Number: 4061954 Service: 44th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force Date of Birth: October 24, 1893 Place of Birth: North Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: July 19, 1918 Place of Enlistment: Sussex, New Brunswick Address at Enlistment: North Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 24 Date of Discharge: June 6, 1919 (in Saint John, New Brunswick) Date of Death: January 19, 1974 Age: 80 Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Lawrence Burrill was the son of John Burrill (1853-1928) and Mary Alice (Montaque) Burrill (1855-1924). His name on his birth record is documented as Laurence Burrell. He was the brother of George Isaac Burrill (1877-1967), Amy Burrell (1889-1953), and Fannie (Burrell) Hatfield (1892-1982), and the husband of Hannah Primelia (Pitman) Burrill (1903-1990). Hannah’s brother, Private Wilfred Stansfield Pitman (1894-1972) also served during the First World War (Service No. 1283412) with the 246th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Wilfred’s son, Private Leslie Wilford Pitman (1918-1994) served in the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps during the Second World War. Lawrence had previously completed his medical examination October 27, 1917, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, before enlisting in Sussex, New Brunswick on July 19, 1918. Enlisting with the 1st Depot Battalion of the New Brunswick Regiment, he served in Canada, and then in England and France with the 44th Battalion.