Edmund John BOURKE

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Service Number:	SX11292
Enlisted:	13 February 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 9 October 1915
Home Town:	Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Tailem Bend School and Rostrevor College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Beriberi whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 6 February 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 F 43, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques, Warooka District WW2 Honour Board

13 Feb 1941:	Involvement Private, SX11292, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
13 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
13 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX11292, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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