John Douglas O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	1663
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Home Town:	Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1917, age not yet discovered
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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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
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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