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Frank Patrick BURKE

Regimental number2362
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolMarist Brothers (Catholic) School, Newcastle, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationWharf labourer
AddressCharles Street, Cook's Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinSister, Mrs A J Willoughby, 196 Darby Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in Belmont Road Military Hospital, Liverpool, England.
FateDied of disease 15 February 1919
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death25.9
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLiverpool (Ford) Roman Catholic Cemetery 9RD 416), Lancashire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Christina BURKE, 5 Buchanan Street, Hamilton, New South Wales

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