BOURKE, Cornelius
| Service Number: | 4092 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladfield, Queensland, 11 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Gladfield, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gladfield State School |
| Occupation: | Railway labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4092, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4092, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4092, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4092, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Brown
Cornelius (Con) born 11 July 1888, worked on construction of the Maryvale railway line, he then helped on the farm. Big part of this was scrub falling.
He joined the (AIF) on 26 August 1915 and went overseas on the HMAT Commonwealth from Brisbane. Later embarked from Alexandria on 30 May 1916 aboard the "Tunisian" and disembarked on 5 June 1916 at Marseille, France to join the 25th Battalion.
Con was killed in action on the night of 3 May 1917 in the battle Bullecourt, aged 28.
He is remembered on the Villiers Bretonneux memorial with "no known grave".
His personal effects, letters, cards, letter case, belt, jack knife and two religious books were returned on the "Ulysses" and delivered to family on 5 June 1918
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