Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
O’Rourke, Alexander Service Number 3415
Killed in Action 3rd April 1917 France
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NAME O’Rourke, Alexander
SERVICE NO 3415
UNIT 4th Battalion/56
th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 33 yrs
PLACE OF BIRTH Kempsey, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Labourer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Warwick Farm, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Mary Ann O’Rourke, Nambucca Heads
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’7”. Weight-162lbs. Chest-37-38”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-D Blue. Hair-Brown.
RELIGION R/C
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES Granted Leave of Absence to UK from 19 Jun to 29 Jun 1916.
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 3 Apr 1917 -France
BURIED 3 Apr 1917 by A Greville
3 May 1917- Re-interred- Vaulx Hill Brit., Cem., NE of Bapaume France
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-14391, British War Medal-21215, Victory Medal-21139. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-318148.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Wallet, Postcards, letters, photos/
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7998728