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Ambrose Stewart BOURKE

Regimental number4117
Place of birthUralla, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Uralla, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationShearer
AddressUralla, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Bourke, Kentucky Creek, Uralla, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Date of death6 October 1917
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Militry Cemetery (Plot XX, Row G, Grave No. 19A), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Theresa BOURKE, Uralla, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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