Hugh Michael O'RORKE

Hugh Michael O'RORKE Update Details

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Service Number:	272
Enlisted:	14 March 1916, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brim, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1890
Home Town:	Lake Bolac, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Westmere, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1962, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lake Bolac Civil Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor, Lake Bolac & District Roll of Honour

14 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 272, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 272, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 272, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 272, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Severe wound to the head. Embarked for England on 18 October 1917 aboard HS Pieter de Liege Connick
1 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 272, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding and varicose veins

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Son of Hugh O'Rorke and and Ann O'Rorke nee O'Connell of Lake Bolac, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking on 13 April 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Hugh married Dorothy Elizabeth Dunbar in Victoria