BURKE, Richard Joseph
| Service Number: | 1902 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland. Appointed Warrant Officer on enlistment and Company Sergeant Major Sept 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified Canadian Army Units |
| Born: | Waterford, Ireland, 8 September 1864 |
| Home Town: | Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Off the Irish Coast, 9 September 1918, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea |
| Memorials: | Halifax Memorial, Canada |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 1902, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland. Appointed Warrant Officer on enlistment and Company Sergeant Major Sept 1914 | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1902, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 May 1915: | Transferred Lieutenant, Unspecified British Units, Discharged in England, 7 May 1916, to join 16th Bn, King's Liverpool Regiment, as temporary Lieutenant. | |
| 1 May 1916: | Transferred Unspecified Canadian Army Units, Forestry Unit | |
| 11 Sep 1918: | Involvement Unspecified Canadian Army Units, He was returning to Canada on the ship Missanabie when on the 9th September 1918 he died when the ship was torpedoed of the coast of Ireland. He had been promoted to Lieutenant. |
Richard Joseph Burke
Richard had retired from the British Army in 1902 after 20 years service and came to Australia with his family.
At the outbreak of WWI he enlisted with the AIF, shortly after arriving in the UK he transferred to his old British Regiment the Kings Liverpool Regiment and then in 1916 again transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps.
He was returning to Canada on the ship Missanabie when on the 9th September 1918 he died when the ship was torpedoed of the coast of Ireland. He had been promoted to Lieutenant.
Submitted 8 November 2017 by Maria Stewart
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Richard had retired from the British Army in 1902 after 20 years service and came to Australia with his family. At the outbreak of WWI he enlisted with the AIF, shortly after arriving in the UK he transferred to his old British Regiment the Kings Liverpool Regiment and then in 1916 again transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps.
He was returning to Canada on the ship Missanabie when on the 9th September 1918 he died when the ship was torpedoed of the coast of Ireland. He had been promoted to Lieutenant.
Submitted by Maria Stewart
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