Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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O'Rourke, Lawrence William

Postcards written by Lawrence from the front to his brother Tim

Courtesy Chris Mason

Born 1892 Lebrina Tasmania the son of Arthur James and Elizabeth O’Rourke (nee McSweeney) a farmer he embarked Brisbane 29^th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion en route to the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Whilst at Gallipoli he was admitted to hospital with diphtheria and after three months in hospital returned to his unit and proceeded to France where he was again admitted to hospital with shell shock.

He was killed in action 29^th July 1916 and like others with no known grave is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France

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