Edmund George (Sonny) BOURKE MID

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Service Number:	2/401173
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)

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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