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John Parnell BOURKE

Regimental number3021
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolGlenmore Road Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSalesman
Address'Mifoora', 12 Nelson Street, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, W H Bourke, 12 Nelson Street, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Joh spelt John
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Date of death23 August 1918
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row F, Grave No. 7), Harbonnieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry BOURKE, 15 Anglesea Street, Bondi, New South Wales, and the late Mary Tierney BOURKE. Born in Sydney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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