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O'ROURKE, Michael Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 59572 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1918, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1899 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1965, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT Plot reads: ES Services, Row B, 009. Interred on 12 July 1965. Grave is unmarked |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59572, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW | |
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| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 59572, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 59572, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From Re-inforcements | |
| 6 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 59572, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Cornelius James O'Rourke and Sophia Jane Catherine O'Rourke of Atkinson Street, Queanbeyan, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 31 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919 for onward travel to Sydney
Medal: Victory Medal
During 1930c Michael married Margaret M. Walsh in NSW.