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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

O’Rourke, Alexander Service Number 3415

Killed in Action 3rd April 1917 France

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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held in the

The Australian War Memorial and

National Archives of Australia

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NAME O’Rourke, Alexander

SERVICE NO 3415

UNIT 4th Battalion/56

th Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 33 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Kempsey, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Warwick Farm, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Mary Ann O’Rourke, Nambucca Heads

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

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. Memo-rial 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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