35th BATTALION - 13th BATTALION AIF
Sergeant: 2419 Patrick Joseph BOURKE. MM
Born: 1889. Mailtand via Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:27143/1889.
Died: 26th April 1964. Wyong, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:16499/1964.
Father: Patrick Bourke. (1862-1934)
Mother: Catherine Bourke. nee: Cleary. (1859-1943)
INFORMATION
Patrick Joseph Bourke served with the 4th Light Horse prior to his enlistment with the AIF on the 28th June 1916 at Newcastle and was allocated to the 4th Reinforcements at the Broadmeadow Army Camp at Newcastle. Patrick and the 4th Reinforcements en trained from Broadmeadow Camp to Sydney where they embarked on board HMAT A30 "Borda" for England and disembarked at Plymouth on the 9th January 1917.
The Reinforcements were marched in the the 9th Training Battalion at the Durrington Amy Camp where the Battalion settled down to hard training, which included Route Marching, Trench Digging, Bomb Practice, Musketry and General Camp Routine. He proceeded overseas for France on the 20th March 1917 to Reinforce the 35th Battalion and on the 7th May he was transferred to the 13th Battalion where 2 of his brothers were serving with. Private: 2334 Thomas Bourke and Private: 7348 Edward Bourke.
Patrick was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 5th April 1918.
| Service number | 2419 |
|---|---|
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | 13th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
| Conflict/Operation | First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Award | Military Medal |
| Commonwealth of Australia Gazette | 17 June 1919 on page 1015 at position 25 |
| London Gazette | 11 February 1919 on page 2143 at position 8 |
Patrick was promoted to Lance Sergeant on the 3rd November and then to Sergeant on the 18th December 1918. He returned to England with the 46th Quota and was marched in the the no: 4 Command Group on the 10th May before he embarked from England on the 23rd June 1919 on board the "Orita" and returned to Australia on the 9th August and was discharged from the AIF on the 16th September 1919
Family Information
Patrick was a single 25 year old Farmer from South Part, West Maitland, N.S.W. upon his enlistment with the AIF. His parents Patrick and Catherine Bourke were married in 1883 at Morpeth via Maitland, N.S.W. and had an issue of 9 children. Bridget Bourke (1884-....) John Francis Bourke (1885-1944) Edward Bourke (1888-1968) served with the 13th Battalion AIF. Patrick Joseph Bourke (1889-1964) Thomas Bourke (1891-1970) served with the 13th Battalion AIF. Maurice Lawrence Bourke (1899-1929) Francis L Bourke (1903-19..) William Bourke (1905-19..) Mary Bourke (19..-19..)
Edward Bourke (1888-1968)
Military Records
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