BURKE, Daniel
Service Number: | 858 |
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Enlisted: | 23 February 1915, Place of Enlistment, Enoggera, Queensland. |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Portenard, Limerick, Ireland. , 18 July 1872 |
Home Town: | Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Barcaldine Hospital, Barcaldine, Qld., 30 November 1944, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Barcaldine War Memorial Clock Tower, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld |
World War 1 Service
23 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 858, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Enoggera, Queensland. | |
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20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 858, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 858, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
7 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 858, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severely Wounded, Gunshot Wound to left shoulder. | |
8 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 858, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Medically Unfit |
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OBITUARY
MR. DANIEL JOSEPH BURKE
Mr. Daniel Joseph Burke (69) died in the Barcaldine Hospital, on Thursday afternoon. Deceased was well known throughtout the Central West as a well borer and engine driver and of late years was caretaker of the Mildura shearing shed on the Aramac Tramway. He is survived by one sister and one brother. Mrs. Effeny and Michael, both of Rockhampton. Deceased served in the A.I.F in the 1914-18 war.