James O'ROURKE

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Service Number:	755
Enlisted:	6 April 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 41, Section 9 Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

6 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 755, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 755, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 755, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
4 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
19 Feb 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 755, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Pleurisy

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Served as James O'Rourke.

Son of James Patrick O'Rourke and Elizabeth O'Rourke nee McSweeney of Launceston, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Austalia on 31 August 1916 aboard HT Marama disembarking on 17 October 1916

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

On 15 February 1930 James married Eve Ethel Cochrane in QLD