DE LOOKERY, Michael
| Service Number: | 59123 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 15 April 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 59123, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 59123, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Michael and his brother Patrick were born in Kilkenny, Ireland, but Patrick was rejected on grounds of being over the age restriction. He declared as NOK, his sister Margaret Croft which was also how Michael listed his own NOK-Mrs M Croft, Erskineville, New South Wales. Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918-he was 38.
Returned to Australia 2 January 1919.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Patrick did not serve overseas but is nevertheless honoured with Michael and Lawrence on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station World War I Memorial under the surname of de Loughry, which is actually quite a common spelling in the UK and Ireland,
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