BURKE, John Patrick
(Service number 60901)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 4 February 1887 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Belfield, Orari | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. Two children | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Deborah BURKE (wife), Belfield, Orari, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 February 1948 | Age | 61 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Geraldine Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Patrick Burke was the elder son of Patrick and Catherine (née Allman) Burke. He married Deborah Kelliher on 1 January 1916. Two children were born before his call up in 1917 - Margaret on 24 May 1916 at Geraldine and Monica on 5 August 1917 at Geraldine. A son, John Edmond, was born in 1919. John was next-of-kin for his brother, Edmund, who left for the front in September 1916..
Sources
NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 September 2019]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone transcription (Cemetery records) [12 September 2019]
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