Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 09/03/1942
- Date of Discharge
- 16/01/1946
- Place of Enlistment
- Paddington NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 24/12/1919
- Place of Birth
- Queanbeyan NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Causeway, Kingston ACT
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Next of Kin
- Nancy Bourke (wife), Causeway, Kingston ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- NX91593
- Final Rank
- Corporal
- Final Unit
- 1 Port Maintenance Company
Notes
Bourke was one of six brothers who served in the war and the occupation of Japan that followed. He served in New Guinea from 21 September 1943 to 5 October 1944 and then on Morotai Island from 13 March 1945 to 25 November 1945. He was graded as a Shipwright in 1943 and used his carpentry skills with the 1st Australian Port Maintenance Company during his time in New Guinea and the south west Pacific, ending the war with its 8th Platoon. He died on 4 May 1992 and is buried in the ex services portion of Gungahlin Cemetery.
Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, medium complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, Catholic.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883 (Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)
Canberra Public Cemeteries http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au/grave-search/Index/
Image courtesy of Fiona Robinson
Alexander Bourke. Image courtesy of Fiona Robinson.