John O'RORKE

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Service Number:	126
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Remount Unit (AIF)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1869
Home Town:	Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Proprietor
Died:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 13 October 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria Roman Catholic, Compartment Q, Grave 863a. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance, Wall 27 Row L
Memorials:

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 126, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
12 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 126, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 126, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
14 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 126, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to senility

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Son of Timothy O'Rorke and Mary Ann O'Rorke nee Quinn of Ballarat, Victoria.

Husband of Mary Ann O'Rorke nee Davies of Rathdown Street, North Carlton, Victoria. John and Mary married during 1894c

Commenced return to Australia 23 August 1917 aboard NT Boorara disembarking on 27 September 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal