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Private JOHN JOSEPH BOURKE

Service Number: 24995
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. B. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Joseph and Sarah Reid Bourke, of 1O, Smith St., Ayr.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1298
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