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Sydney New South Wales [22]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Dalby Queensland [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Dublin [4]

Uralla New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Berrigan New South Wales [3]

Boorowa New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Latrobe Tasmania [3]

Lethbridge Victoria [3]

Limerick [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Wedderburn Victoria [3]

Wellington New South Wales [3]

West Maitland New South Wales [3]

Yarrawonga Victoria [3]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Bowen Queensland [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Burpengary Queensland [2]

Canowindra New South Wales [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Coomera Queensland [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Crows Nest Queensland [2]

Edi Victoria [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Hinton New South Wales [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Roma Queensland [2]

Sassafras Tasmania [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Smeaton Victoria [2]

St Patricks River Tasmania [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [134]

Corporal [18]

Gunner [18]

Captain [14]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Private /Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Captain [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain Medical Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Irish Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [14]

Leinster Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10]

Connaught Rangers [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Irish Guards [6]

Australian Infantry Battalion [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East African Mounted Rifles [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Medical Service [2]

Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Irish Horse [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th Stationary Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Battalion King's Rifle Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [290]

British Army [242]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Royal Navy [16]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [644]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [629]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [22] Melbourne Victoria [10] Ballarat Victoria [8] Dalby Queensland [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Dublin [4] Uralla New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Berrigan New South Wales [3] Boorowa New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Latrobe Tasmania [3] Lethbridge Victoria [3] Limerick [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Wedderburn Victoria [3] Wellington New South Wales [3] West Maitland New South Wales [3] Yarrawonga Victoria [3] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Bowen Queensland [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Burpengary Queensland [2] Canowindra New South Wales [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Colac Victoria [2] Coomera Queensland [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Crows Nest Queensland [2] Edi Victoria [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Hinton New South Wales [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Roma Queensland [2] Sassafras Tasmania [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Smeaton Victoria [2] St Patricks River Tasmania [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [134] Corporal [18] Gunner [18] Captain [14] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Driver [10] Serjeant [9] Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal /Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Private /Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain Medical Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Irish Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Royal Munster Fusiliers [14] Leinster Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Labour Corps [10] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10] Connaught Rangers [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Irish Guards [6] Australian Infantry Battalion [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Australian Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East African Mounted Rifles [2] French Red Cross [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Medical Service [2] Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Irish Horse [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th Stationary Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Battalion King's Rifle Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [290] British Army [242] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Royal Navy [16] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [644] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [629] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Percy William Bourke

Born 1873

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1891 Corporal Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1891 Private Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold John Bourke

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1682 Private Australian Infantry 30 Battalion

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Nigel Walter Henry Legge-Bourke

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Thomas Bourke

Born 1896

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 2571 Private Australian Infantry 47th Battalion

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Jonathan Bourke

Died 1916

British Army 3863 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Albert William Bourke

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Patrick Miller Bourke

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 65th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Division 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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John Bourke

Born 1855

Died 1915

British Army 3/4919 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Bryan Longley Bourke

Born 1897

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Rowland Richard Louis Bourke

Born 1885

Died 1958

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Dermot Richard Southwell Bourke

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Joseph Bourke

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290793

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Francis John Bourke

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154587

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Cecil Hubert Bourke

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

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John Burke Bourke

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 18751 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 18751 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th (service) Batallion

British Army 18751 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th (service) Batallion

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Stephen Bourke

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 22221 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Bourke

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army M/39062 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 65658 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas Bourke

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26456 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Henry George Bourke

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 64405 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph P Bourke

Died 1917

British Army 4691 Manchester Regiment

British Army 276773 Private Manchester Regiment

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