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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Clarence River
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Brisbane, Queensland
• Family Son of Michael and Mary Josephine Burke; Husband of Eileen Burke, of "Innisfall," Ewing St., Murwillumbah, New South Wales.
• Profession Grocer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 22 May 1916, Brisbane
• Service number 2037
• Rank Corporal
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 41st Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Brisbane 7 September 1916; to France 24 November 1916; promoted Lance Corporal 5 February 1917; promoted Corporal 8 October 1917

Death

• Wounded 11 October 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds head and back, n°3 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - J - 16A

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