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Frank BOURKE

Regimental number5039
Place of birthBroken Hill, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGoondiwindi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.7
Height5' 10"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Bourke, Bowen Street, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 September 1915
Place of enlistmentToowoomba, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 December 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date7 April 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Runic', 20 December 1917; discharged (medically unfit: trachoma eye), Brisbane, 7 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 February 1947
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOURKE Frank

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