Robert Emmett BOURKE

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Service Numbers:	51537, 51637
Enlisted:	31 December 1917, Enlisted Ballarat Victoria allocated to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 3rd June 1918
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Headquarters AIF Postal Unit
Born:	Wedderburn,Victoria, Australia, 13 December 1899
Home Town:	Kangaroo Flat, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Wedderburn State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes , Cobram, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1983, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Cobram Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

31 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51537, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Ballarat Victoria allocated to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 3rd June 1918
23 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Posted to 1st Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for duty
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 51637, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 51637, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney
12 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 39th Battalion from 9th Training Battalion UK
23 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters AIF Postal Unit, Detached to Postal Unit UK for duty
1 Aug 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Army Postal Corps
23 Sep 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 51537, Headquarters AIF Postal Unit, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment on HT Ascanius
29 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 51537, Headquarters AIF Postal Unit, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment AAPC ex 39th Bn

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Robert Emmett Bourke 1899-1983 Labourer

Late of Wedderburn, Mildura, Ballarat, Kangaroo Flat and Cobram Victoria