William O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	3549
Enlisted:	25 August 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 27 October 1897
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1983, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

25 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3549, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 3549, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 3549, Camel Corps, SS Canberra, Sydney
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3549, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Aloysius O'Rourke and Mary O'Rourke of 'Coronga', Webbs Avenue, Ashfield, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 28 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1939 William married Vera Elizabeth Fechner in Sydney and applied for a grant under the War Service Homes Act in the same year