John Percival (Jack) O'ROURKE

O'ROURKE, John Percival

    Service Number: 2859
    Enlisted: 27 October 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia, 24 June 1887
    Home Town: Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: North Haven, New South Wales, Australia, 30 July 1966, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    War Cemetery Section, Wall 14, Niche 41E
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    23 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2859, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    23 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2859, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the side and face. Embarked for England on 17 October 1917 aboard HS Carisbrook
    26 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gas burns. Invalided to England on 11 June 1918.
    22 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion
    2 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Simon Peter O'Rourke and Laura Wilhelmia O'Rourke nee Kregor of Devonshire Street, Sydney, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 20 February 1919 at Melbourne then onward travel by boat to Sydney

    Medals: 19114-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c John married Nella V. Watts in Kempsey, NSW.

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