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BURKE, Clarence Reginald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 64 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Siege Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Killarney Swamp, near Cathcart N.S.W., 28 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Cooma, N.S.W., 3 March 1973, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 64, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 64, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Gunner - Clarence Reginald Burke
Clarence was the son of Arthur Edward and Maria Jane Burke who lived in the Monaro region of N.S.W.
He was a gunner in the 1st Siege battalion of the A.I.F. 1915-1918.
Clarence was badly wounded in France, and was hospitalised in 1917 in the U.K. He married nurse Rebecca Thomas on March 2nd, 1918 before his return to Australia.
Submitted 26 October 2014 by Jan Pfitzner
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