O'Rourke, Alexander

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen O’Rourke, Alexander

Service Service Number Number 1494 3415 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 3rd April 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula France

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NAME

O’Rourke, Alexander

SERVICE NO

3415

UNIT

4th Battalion/56th Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

33 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH

Kempsey, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

17 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Warwick Farm, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Mary Ann O’Rourke, Nambucca Heads

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’7”. Weight-162lbs. Chest-37-38”.

Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-D Blue. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION

R/C

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES

Granted Leave of Absence to UK from 19 Jun to 29 Jun 1916.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

3 Apr 1917 -France

BURIED

3 Apr 1917 by A Greville 3 May 1917- Re-interred- Vaulx Hill Brit., Cem., NE of Bapaume France

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-14391, British War Medal-21215, Victory Medal-21139. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-318148.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Wallet, Postcards, letters, photos/

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728