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Eric Roy BOURKE

Regimental number1792
Place of birthSingleton, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Singleton, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMercer
AddressCastlereagh Street, Singleton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Katherine Bourke, Castlereagh Street, Singleton, New South Wales
Previous military service14th Infantry; Served with the Senior Cadets, NSW.
Enlistment date18 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
FateKilled in Action 27 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Date of death27 July 1917
Age at death20.7
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 2), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Katherine and the late John BOURKE, Singleton, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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