Samuel O'ROURKE

O'ROURKE, Samuel

    Service Number: 2512
    Enlisted: 12 May 1915, Enlisted at Narrogin, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Narrogin, Western Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli . 56
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Narrogin War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    12 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2512, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Narrogin, WA
    18 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2512, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
    18 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2512, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Chilka, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William O'Rourke and Susanna O'Rourke nee Williams of Yilliming, East Narrogin, WA.

    Brother of William O'Rourke who was killed in action on 22 July 1916 while serving with the 11th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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