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Jack Lea BURKE

Regimental number810
Place of birthFremantle, Western Australia
SchoolBayswater and Fremantle State Schools, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBread carter
AddressBayswater, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, John Burke, Bayswater, Western Australia
Enlistment date15 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Rouen, France.
FateDied of wounds 19 May 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22.5
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 11B), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jane BURKE, 118 Rupert Street, Subiaco, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: 3456 Pte William Basil ECCLESTONE, 16th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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