Source: Comment from a relative via the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Private Marcus Matthew Burnett was born on 5 December 1896, in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Burnett, was 23 and his mother, Ruth Burnett, was 25. He married Alice Maud Bayes in 1919, in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1924 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1923 and Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 49 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1931, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as painter in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 22 July 1980, in Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Victoria Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Twin brother to Thomas Matthew Burnett.
