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O'ROURKE, Joseph Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2402 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2402, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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