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Lance Corporal JOHN O'ROURKE

Service Number: 3345
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VICHTE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. B. 13.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James O'Rourke, of 71, Wesley St., Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Native of John's Pond, St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL MAY HE REST IN PEACE AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

VICHTE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 238
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