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BURKE, Michael
(Service number 57471)

Aliases	Died as Michael Francis BURKE,
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	03/09/1881	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Milford, Temuka
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary BURKE (mother), Milford, Temuka
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date
Transport
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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	28 January 1962	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 203, Plots 262, 263
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Michael Burke was the son of Michael and Mary (née Calihan/Callaghan) Burke. Michael was educated at Milford School. On 25 June 1917, he and his brother Joseph left with men from the South Canterbury military district for camp. Michael Burke is buried in a family plt in the Temuka Cemetery.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 October 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [24 October 2019]; Temuka Cemetery burial records (Timaru District Council) [25 October 2019]; Timaru Herald, 25 June 1917 (Papers Past) [15 May 2014]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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