James Joseph BOURKE

BOURKE, James Joseph

Service Number: TX3530
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, TX3530
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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Biography

7 August 1940 - To hospital - Mumps