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O'ROURKE, Thomas Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3844 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, New South Wales, Australia, 2 September 1921 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3844, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 2 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3844, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3844, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the right shoulder. | |
| 15 Jun 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3844, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military Medal as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William A. O'Rourke and Mary T O'Rourke of Webb's Avenue, Ashfield, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 28 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal