John O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	322
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Cambooya, Queensland, Australia , 10 December 1896
Home Town:	Ramsay, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 29 March 1966, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Cambooya War Memorial

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 322, 11th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 322, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 322, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 322, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Timothy O'Rourke and Annie O'Rourke nee Creegan of Ramsay, Cambooya, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal