Eric Keast BURKE

BURKE, Eric Keast

Service Numbers: 20555, N303849
Enlisted: 22 February 1917
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 1st Australian Wireless Squadron
Born: Christchurch, New Zealand, 16 January 1896
Home Town: Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Student
Died: 31 March 1974, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

22 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20555, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements
19 Dec 1917: Involvement Sapper, 20555, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1917: Embarked Sapper, 20555, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
28 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20555, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, Was promoted to LCpl - 5/8/1917 to 15/1/1918 before reverting to Sapper

World War 2 Service

23 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, N303849

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From AWM

20555 Sapper Eric Keast Burke, `D' Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, holding his camera and sitting on a slight rise at the site of the old Babylon Railway Station. The notice board which reads 'Babylon Siding' is the only remaining relic left of the station. The mounds in the background are part of Mounds of Babylon. Next to Sapper Burke is a wooden box containing a Primus stove, essential to travellers in Iraq and a a bag containing provisions.

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