Francis James O'ROURKE MM

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O'ROURKE, Francis James

Service Numbers:	1259, Q116288
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:

World War 1 Service

3 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1259, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
17 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1259, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1259, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Brisbane
1 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Horse Regiment, At Surafend
15 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, Imperial Camel Corps , From 5th Light Horse Regiment
30 Sep 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Continuous devotion to duty London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8357, position 66. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1529, position 18
29 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1259, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District

World War 2 Service

10 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q116288
10 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q116288, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
8 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q116288, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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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

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