Tingira, Sydney & Refer Service Record see Sources
Other Details
Tingira
Yes
Cemetery Details
Cemetery Name
Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood NSW 2141
Cemetery Address
Rookwood, NSW
Demonination/Area
Catholic Mortuary 2/3
Section
9
Grave Number
1905
Grave Type
Burial - Grave
Notes
ENDANGERED GRAVE -Collapsed.
Battle of Cocos Island
Service History Card states .... Forfeited all medals, gratuities and deferred pay, not to be reclaimed for further service.
Ordinary Seaman Walter Bernard Bourke 2256
2nd intake on Tingira
On Sydney in NG, during the Emden battle and in the North Sea.
Returned to Australia 1917
Deserted 1918 and lost all medal entitlements
Knocked down and killed by a motor lorry in Sydney 5 December 1925
Buried Rookwood
M2 Sect 9 grave 1905
