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Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Victor Rorke

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1869-04-25
Place of birth: Clarksburg Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Joseph Albert Rorke, c/o Robertson College, Edmonton, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Dominion Civil Service
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1942-04-01

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant-Colonel, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-06-17 to 1919-01-05
  2. Lieutenant-Colonel, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-24 to 1917-06-16
  3. Major, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-11-08 to 1916-12-23
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Awards

Distinguished Service Order

Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List

Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List - 2nd Mention

Legion d'Honneur - Croix de Chevalier (France)

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 609159
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8454-S013
Uploader's Notes: Died at Ottawa, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes:

Source: 20th Battalion Gazette, December 1915 - Battalion Staff, 2nd in Command

Source: The History of the Twentieth Canadian Battalion, 1935, by Major D.J. Corrigall

France, 15 September 1915 - 17 July 1918.

Wounded, 5 August 1917.

Returned to Canada, 7 December 1918.

S.O.S., 5 January 1919.

[Major Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List - 2nd Mention Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-03-07
Last modified: 2017-05-12