Edmond Patrick O'ROURKE

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O'ROURKE, Edmond Patrick

Service Number:	16940
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born:	Buchan, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Sandringham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tramway Motorman
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, November 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 13 November 1956 with the ashes being spread at the cemetery
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16940, Camel Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 16940, Camel Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 16940, Camel Field Ambulance, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 16940, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of David Daniel Digby O'Rourke and Mary Agnes O'Rourke nee O'Brien of Buchan, Victoria.

Husband of Florence Gertrude O'Rourke nee Wilson of Waltham Street, Sandringham, Victoria. Edward and Florence married during 1913c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia From Kantara on 10 July 1919 aborad HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 13 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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