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William Malcolm Burke

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  • Service number
    WWI 3765 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Malcolm Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Australian Imperial Force Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Forenames
    William Malcolm AWMM
  • Surname
    Burke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Malcolm Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Service number
    WWI 3765 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    • 6 September 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    6 September 1895 Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Warkworth
    Auckland
    New Zealand Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
    Malcolm was the 5th child of 10, and the 3rd son, to Beatrice Maria Thorburn and William Edmund Burk Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 2 December 1915 AWMM Warkworth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    N/A Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 William Burke, Warkworth, New Zealand AWMM
    • (father)
      of 8 Crummer Rd
      Ponsonby
      Auckland Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 December 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Passchendaele, Belgium Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Australian Imperial Force Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Service number
    WWI 3765 AWMM
  • Military service
    2 Dec 1915 to 9 October 1917 Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • 09 Oct 1917 {Age 22.2} AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 5 Aug 1916 Wounded in Action at Boulogne - severe gunshot wound to the left knee Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 2 Dec 1915 - Medical Examination at Broadmeadows, Melbourne
    Private William Malcolm Burke #3765
    20.4 years old
    5' 5" tall
    140½ pounds
    33½ - 37½ chest
    Black hair
    Blue/grey eyes
    Fresh complexion Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Military Personnel File

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 October 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 22 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Ypres Salient Theatre of War
    Passchendaele
    Belgium Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Discovering ANZACs website
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    No known grave AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference
    Part 6, (Australians A-D) Public - Alison - Other Relative - 9 August 2015 - Discovering ANZACs website

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 September 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
09 August 2015AlisonWellington, New ZealandOther Relative

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