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BOURKE, James Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX3530 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1940, Launceston, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, 2 November 1909 |
Home Town: | Railton, Kentish, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Illness, Timor, 28 April 1942, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Plot 15, Row A, Grave 12 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, RailtonM1 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX3530 | |
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21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, TX3530, Launceston, Tasmania | |
21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX3530, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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7 August 1940 - To hospital - Mumps