Arthur James O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	1704
Enlisted:	23 May 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, 22 August 1891
Home Town:	Kempton, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 12 August 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Interred on 14 August 1969
Memorials:

23 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1704, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1704, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1704, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
29 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1704, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of James O'Rourke and Nancy O'Rourke nee Cash of Kempton, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 15 August 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Hobart.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1923c Arthur married Ruby May Moles in St Andrew's Manse, Hobart, Tasmania

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