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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Uralla
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Uralla
• Family Son of James and Theresa Bourke, of Uralla, New South Wales; his brother Henry died in service, 10 August 1916, buried in Etaples Military Cemetery (France)
• Profession Shearer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enilsted 20 September 1915, Armidale, New South Wales
• Service number 4117
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 4th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Sydney 30 December 1915; to France 27 March 1916; wounded July 1916; embarked for England 2 August 1916; to France 2 February 1917

Death

• Wounded 4 October
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in the head, in n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - G - 19A

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