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O'ROURKE, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 66316 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1918, Enlisted at Orange, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) |
| Born: | Gippsland. Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tracker |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66316, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Orange, NSW | |
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| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 66316, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Zealandic embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 66316, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), SS Zealandic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 66316, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Nedda O'Rourke of Lake Tyers, Gippsland, Victoria.
Disembarked at Cape Town, South Africa on 6 November 1918 then transhipped to HT Marathon on 4 December 1918 for return to Australia disembarking on 2 January 1919 disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medal: British War Medal