BOURKE, Patrick
| Service Number: | 3770 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 4 March 1877 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wool scourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3770, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3770, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3770, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3770, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3770 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Patrick Bourke was the son of William and Margaret Bourke who spent much of their life at Dalby, Queensland. Both parents had passed away many years before the war. Six of Thomas’s brothers served overseas in the AIF, and a younger brother, 3335 Private Thomas Bourke 27th Battalion AIF had been killed in action only four weeks previous to Patrick on 4 August 1916, aged 24.
Patrick gave his sister Mary Agnes Smith of Gympie, Queensland as his next of kin. Mary also attended to the affairs of Thomas Bourke as well.
The other four brothers all eventually returned to Australia, one having been wounded three times.