YORKE, John Frederick
| Service Number: | 2022 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 27 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 19 January 1936, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-139. 78. |
| Memorials: | Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2022, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2022, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 53rd Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Wounded in action - 10.8.1918 (GSW ear, legs and right hand), Jack returned home May 1919. | |
| 4 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 19th January 1936, Private John Frederick Yorke, (Jack), 53rd Battalion, labourer and police officer from Linburn, via Mudgee, New South Wales and Morgan Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., father of six, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 45. ANGLICAN 2-139. 78.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166496189
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166496151
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142405448
Born at Cooyal, New South Wales on the 27th October 1890 to Robert John and Selina Jane Yorke nee Baker; husband of Lena Mabel Yorke nee James (married 1922, Gulgong, N.S.W., died 1992, 55 years a widow), John enlisted February 1916 at Bathurst, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156951112
Wounded in action - 10.8.1918 (GSW ear, legs and right hand), Jack returned home May 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158007667
His name has been inscribed on the Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall at Sandgate Cemetery. I have not located Mr Yorke’s name inscribed on any other known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Member of the Loyal Hamilton Lodge, No. 426, M.U.I.O.O.F.
CONSTABLE YORKE'S DEATH. POLICE FUNERAL TOMORROW (Newcastle Sun, 18th January, 1936.)
Constable John Frederick Yorke, of the Newcastle police, died at his home in Morgan Street, Adamstown this morning, at the age of 44 years.
He had been under treatment for the past year for heart trouble, and the effects of war injuries.
Quiet and unassuming, Constable Yorke was well liked in the force, which he joined 16 years ago. He served three years at the war with the 53rd Battalion.
The late Constable Yorke, who is survived by his widow and six children, will be given a police funeral tomorrow. The cortege will leave the Soldiers Memorial Hall, Perkin Street, Newcastle, at 2.15 p.m. for the Civic Railway Station, and then to Sandgate Cemetery. The Military Band will be in attendance.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque submitted May 2019, and was accepted July 2019.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, installed November 2019.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=432152#images
Many thanks to John's Granddaughter Pauline Fayle for the death certificate, photo and family history.
Lest We Forget.
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