Joseph Patrick O'ROURKE

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O'ROURKE, Joseph Patrick

Service Number:	1428
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queanbeyean, Australian Captial Territory, Australia, 20 June 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1428, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1428, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
20 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1428, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Sydney
21 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1428, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Cornelius James O'Rourke and Sophia E. O'Rourke of Mowatt Street, Queanbeyan, NSW.

Brother of John James O'Rourke who returned to Australia on 19 June 1919 having served with the Australia Flying Corps.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 29 August 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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