Joseph Patrick O'ROURKE

O'ROURKE, Joseph Patrick

Service Number: 2402
Enlisted: 16 August 1915, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, 1871
Home Town: Enoggera Reservoir, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2402, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
20 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2402, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2402, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
11 Jul 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2402, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation of the right thigh due to gangrene

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his brother Francis O'Rourke of Abbey Street, Sligo, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 January 1916 aboard HT Ulysses as an invalid disembarking on 7 March 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal