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BURKE, Eric Keast
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 20555, N303849 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20555, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements | |
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| 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 (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N303849 |
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Personal Stories
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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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