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Accession Number | PR04311 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 2 wallets: 4cm |
Object type | Postcard, Photograph, Letter |
Maker |
Rourke, Keith |
Place made | Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach |
Date made | 1914-1918 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Rourke, Keith (Sergeant, b.1891 - d.1970)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War Service of 889 Sergeant Keith Rourke, 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry Force. Collection consist of numerous letters and postcards written by Sgt Rourke to his mother and to his sister Nell, written between October 1914 and July 1918. Collection also includes various annotated photographs sent home by Sgt Rourke and various telegrams relating to Sgt Rourke. Rourke later served in the Second World War.
- Letters from Keith Rourke to his mother, and related correspondence to Mrs Rourke, 1914-1915
- Letters from Keith Rourke to his mother, and related correspondence to Mrs Rourke, 1916
- Letters from Keith Rourke to his mother, and related correspondence to Mrs Rourke, 1917-1918
- Postcards of Keith Rourke, 1914-1918
- Miscellaneous records of Keith Rourke, 1914-1918