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Henry Ernest O'ROURKE

Regimental number19269
Place of birthBrim Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMunition worker
AddressBallarat East, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Francis O'Rourke, 1 Princess Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
Enlistment date1 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameSpecial Draft Reinforcements Signal Service (Egypt)
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/37/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 September 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Signal Squadron Australian Mounted Division
FateDied of disease 18 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialDamascus British War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 29), Syria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and B.F. O'ROURKE, 1 Princes Street, Ballarat, Victoria. Native of Brim, Warracknabeal

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