Richard James O'KANE

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O'KANE, Richard James

Service Number:	1662
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Enlisted at Yarrawonga, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Guildford, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Yarrawonga, Victoria
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1662, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1662, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
17 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
17 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, At Serapeum
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company, From 58th Battalion
21 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1662, 15th Machine Gun Company, Second occasion. Wound to the thigh
21 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 15th Machine Gun Company, Discharged in London, England as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard James O'Kane and Esther O'Kane of Alexandria, Sydney, NSW

Husband of Violet Irene O'Kane nee King of Parkwood, Kent, England. James and Violet married on 2 February 1918 in St. Mary's Church, Greenhithe, Kent, England. Rector Elliott Mitchell officiated.

Date of return to Australia is unclear but is know to have been living in Parramatta, NSW in 1933

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

During 1936c James married Elizabeth May Thomas in Granville, NSW

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