John Willett (Jack) O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	3212
Enlisted:	26 August 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Milton, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1877
Home Town:	Wowan, Banana, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Canungra, Queensland, Australia, 6 October 1940, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Canungra Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Banana War Memorial, Shire of Banana Roll of Honour

26 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3212, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3212, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3212, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
29 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Battalion
8 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3212, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Wowan via Rockhampton, QLD.

Son of Daniel Patrick O'Rourke and Elizabeth Ann O'Rourke nee Hapgood of Macksville, Nambucca River, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia 23 July 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 15 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal