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BOURKE, Edmund George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2/401173 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) |
Born: | Langley Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1927 |
Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed, Korea, 7 June 1953, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Private Bourke's body was never recovered and is therefore regarded as missing, presumed killed in action. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial (Ipswich, Qld), Lithgow War Memorial, Memorial Lane Murals (Gympie, Qld) |
Service History
Korean War Service
25 Jun 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (post WW2), Lance Corporal, SN 2/401173, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) |
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