Edmund Louis BURKE MC

BURKE, Edmund Louis

    Service Number: Commissioned
    Enlisted: 1 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Royal Military College, Duntroon Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Last Rank: Major
    Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Victoria, Australia, 28 August 1896
    Home Town: Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Soldier
    Died: Macleod Victoria, Australia, September 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    The cremated remains have been scattered on 15.9.1982.
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Place of enlistment - Royal Military College, Duntroon Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    22 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Embarked on HMAT 'A34' Persic from Melbourne on 22nd November 1915, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 21st December 1915 to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Forces were already beginning to be evacuated from Gallipoli and embarked on HT Eboe from Alexandria, Egypt on 17th March 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 23rd March 1916.
    26 Jun 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Gunshot wounds both legs at Wimereux, France.
    25 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
    21 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
    24 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
    16 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    1 Jan 1918: Honoured Military Cross, "For dash, most consistent gallantry and efficient service when in command of a battery near NOREUIL (April and May '17) and near YPRES (in August and September). His coolness in Observation Posts and Battery positions under heavy fire, has always been an excellent example to troops in his vicinity."
    12 Jan 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Had been appointed Temporary Major from 14th September 1917.
    31 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Major, Commissioned, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Gunshot wound to head.
    18 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from England on 18th July 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 4th September 1919.
    28 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Commissioned, 4th Field Artillery Brigade

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of George John and Anne Gertrude (nee Daly) BURKE of 37 Brighton Road St Kilda.  Edmund entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 9 March 1913 and graduated, along with the rest of his class, early on 28 June 1915.

    Brother of

    • Lieutenant Maurice Francis BURKE - , returned to Australia 1919 (born 1885)  Married Hilda Florence Derry at St Mary's Church Fulham, England on 17th December 1918, Vicar C Bradshaw Foy officiating.  Maurice Burke was a committee member, honorary treasurer, and a trustee of the Melbourne Athenaeum Library.
    • Sister Lalah Mary "Sally" BURKE - Australian Army Nursing Service, returned to Australia 13th April 1919 (born 1887)
    • Captain Harold BURKE (MC) - 5th Infantry Battalion, killed in action , France 23rd August 1918 (born 1893)

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