Participant Info

Given Name

John Patrick

Family Name

Bourke

Service Number

885

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Loco Fireman

Place of Enlistment

Blackboy WA

Next of Kin

Father, Alfred Neal, Tambo Upper, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Augusta Road, Busselton, Western Australia

Unit on Embarkation

32nd Battalion, C Company

Age at Embarkation

22

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A2 Geelong, Adelaide SA on 18 November 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)

Date of Death

20/07/1916

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 29), Ypres, Belgium

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Link to record

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