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  • BURKE
  • JP
  • JOSEPH PATRICK
  • Clarence River
  • New South Wales, Australia
  • Brisbane, Queensland
  • Son of Michael and Mary Josephine Burke; Husband of Eileen Burke, of "Innisfall," Ewing St., Murwillumbah, New South Wales.
  • Grocer

Military service

  • Enlisted 22 May 1916, Brisbane
  • 2037
  • Corporal
  • 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
  • 41st Bn. Australian Infantry
  • 11th Brigade
  • 3rd Australian Division
  • A.I.F.
  • Embarked Brisbane 7 September 1916; to France 24 November 1916; promoted Lance Corporal 5 February 1917; promoted Corporal 8 October 1917

Death

  • 11 October 1917
  • Died of shrapnel wounds head and back, n°3 Canadian CCS
  • 11 October 1917
  • 24
  • XX - J - 16A

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