John Douglas O'ROURKE

O'ROURKE, John Douglas

Service Number: 1663
Enlisted: 4 May 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia, 2 June 1889
Home Town: Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling: State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Cygnet Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

4 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1663, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 1663, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 1663, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
1 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, In the field
5 Apr 1917: Involvement Corporal, 1663, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1663 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-05

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Phillip O'Rourke and Hanorah O'Rourke nee Dwyer of Cygnet, Huon, Tasmania.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal were issued to Elizabeth Coe of 'Derwent Vale', Russell Street, Five Dock, NSW to be held in trust for his ex-nuptial child Martin Edworth Claridge.