Biography

The child is buried in Plot 49 of the Roman Catholic portion of Kookynie Cemetery.

Her father, John Patrick Bourke, was born in 1873 in Ballarat, Victoria. He married Sarah Jane Duggan in 1900 at Paddington. She was born 1874 in Victoria. Eileen Augusta was their first born child. The others were: Margaret Johanna born 1903 at Paddington and John Patrick born 15 May 1905 at Paddington.

The child's mother died in 1925 in Perth. Her father died 19 July 1942 in Meekatharra, aged 67 years, after a short illness.