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BOURKE, Edmund George
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2/401173, 2401173 |
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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: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Private Bourke's body was never recovered and is therefore regarded as missing, presumed killed in action., United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra Korean War Memorial, Gympie Memorial Lane Murals, Ipswich Korean War Memorial, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Lithgow War Memorial, Norfolk Island Korean War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Korean Memorial |
Service History
Korean War Service
| 25 Jun 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2/401173, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) | |
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| 11 Nov 1952: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2401173 | |
| 22 Mar 1953: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2401173 |
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