Joseph Michael (Joe) BOURKE

Joseph Michael (Joe) BOURKE Update Details

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Service Number:	52973
Enlisted:	19 February 1918, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 26 January 1899
Home Town:	Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	Natural Causes , Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 1 September 1976, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland Plot 601C
Memorials:

19 Feb 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 52973, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
8 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 52973, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 52973, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney
11 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 42nd Infantry Battalion
23 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
6 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Returned to Australia.

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