| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 1DRL/0140 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Bourke, John Joseph |
| Place made | Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, United Kingdom: England, Western Front |
| Date made | 1914-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Bourke, John Joseph (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke, 2 Machine Gun Company, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1917. Collection includes letters written to family in Australia. Letters describe training in Egypt and active service in Gallipoli and France. Copies made 1928 by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown. Lt Bourke died on 20 September 1917.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke, 2 Company, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action near Ypres, during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, 20th September 1917. Age 26. Son of Thomas and Catherine Bourke, of Edi, Victoria. Other biographical details concerning him are: farmer; of Edi, Victoria; born Edi; educated at Edi Public School; joined the AIF on 17 August 1914.