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Lance Sergeant John Joseph O'Rourke

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Military service

Service number: C/64029
Age: 38
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
Birth: January 5, 1909 Peterborough, Ontario
Enlistment: August 13, 1940 Peterborough, Ontario
Death: November 23, 1947 Peterborough, Ontario

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Block 44. Lot 8. Grave 7.
Additional information
Son of William and Nellie O'Rourke, of Oshawa, Ontario. Brother of William, Margaret and Helen. Husband of Elizabeth O'Rourke and father of Maureen, Arlene, Gail and Lynn of Peterborough, Ontario.
Additional citations

Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.

PETERBOROUGH (ST. PETER'S) R.C. CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

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