Coming Soon.
O'ROURKE, Francis James
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1259, Q116288 |
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Enlisted: | 3 May 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | BRISBANE, QLD, 13 November 1896 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 11 June 1962, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mossman Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Monumental Section LHS |
Memorials: |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Lowered his age when enlisting WW2
Son of Francis O'Rourke and Rose Ann O'Rourke nee Curran of Ross Street, Newstead, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongala disembarking on 28 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals WW1: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Medals WW2: War Medal, Australian Service Medal
On 19 December 1925 Francis married Emily Eliza Paull in QLD