Rourke, Keith (Sergeant, b.1891 - d.1970)

Places
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.
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.