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• Harold George Rourke †

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Name recorded

• Harold George Rourke

Service numbers

• Service number 3242
• Service number 2865

Ranks

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Corporal

Birth record

• 4 March 1882 in Warkworth, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 20 July 1916 in Fromelles, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Address

• Angatonga Flats, Musgrave Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Henry Rourke
• Mother - Margaret Amelia Hughes
• Wife - Mary Emma Brown
• Brother - Keith Rourke

Organisation

• 56th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Find War Dead (webpage)
• WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED. CORPORAL H. G. ROURKE. (newspaper article)
• DEATH OF CORPORAL H. ROURKE. (newspaper article)
• AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. 198th LIST. 100 KILLED IN ACTION. (newspaper article)
• ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. [Memorial service] (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)
• Birth Notice (newspaper article)
• ROURKE Harold George : Service Number - 2865 : Place of Birth - N/A : Place of Enlistment - N/A : Next of Kin - (Wife) ROURKE Mary Emma (webpage)
• ROURKE Harold George : Service Number - 3242 : Place of Birth - Singleton NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Wife) ROURKE Mary Emma (webpage)