John Patrick O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	7730
Enlisted:	23 March 1917, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Clunes Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mill Hand
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 15 October 1928, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section GA, Grave 0211
Memorials:

23 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7730, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
8 Aug 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7730, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7730, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
28 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
26 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7730, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to myalgia

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Address given as Bease, Fimiston, Kalgoorlie, WA.

Son of Patrick O'Rourke and Ann O'Rourke nee McKernon of Clunes, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Eliza Ryan of Grant Street, Goornong, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1918 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 11 September 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal