BURKE, William
Service Number: | 609 |
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Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1894 |
Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Waverley Christian Brothers School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Quarryman |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot I. Row F. Grave 3. Inscription: "SIGH, WIND IN THE PINE COVER IT OVER WITH SNOW; TERRIBLE THINGS WERE DONE LONG, LONG AGO." D. STEWART |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 609, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 609, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 609, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
16 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 609, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.A.T. "Hororata" | |
23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 609, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 609, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"BURKE.- In memory of our dear son and brother, William Burke, killed in action in France on July 20, 1916. R.I.P. Inserted by his loving father and mother, brothers and sisters; and Mr. and Mrs. P. Burke, Read street, Waverley.
BURKE.- In memory of my dear nephew, William Burke killed in action July 20 1916. R.I.P. Inserted by Margaret O'Connor, Read street, Waverley." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 20 Jul 1917 (nla.gov.au)