BURKE, Patrick
(Service number 21200)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 2 May 1916 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Miss Mary Burke (sister), Kerrytown, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 16th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company | ||
| Date | 19 August 1916 | ||
| Transport | Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 October 1917 | Age | 30 |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Ashburton War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Martin and Catherine Burke, of Geraldine
Sources
Cenotaph Oct 2013; CWGC; Notes supplied by Sarah Flint (by email to Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum, 23 October 2014)
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Researched and Written by
Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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