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Sapper EDWARD BURKE

Service Number: 10035
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

9th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. D. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Coleman Burke and Margaret Louisa Burke, of 19, Connell's Point Rd., Hurstville, New South Wales. Born in Trichinopoly, India.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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