Michael BOURNE

BOURNE, Michael

Service Number: 2958
Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: London, England, 1896
Home Town: Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Ackmar Road Council School, Fulham
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2958, Liverpool, New South Wales
30 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2958, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2958, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
7 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 2958, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2958 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia at the age of 14 years

Son of Lydia Bourne and the late James Bourne of 10 Broad Street, Balmain, NSW; brother of Edward Bourne and  Thomas Bourne

11 November 1916 - To hospital with a septic left foot

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal