Robert Henry O'Kane

Rifleman

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

(Served as SLOAN).

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number:

23/1187

Name:

Robert Henry O'Kane

Rank:

Rifleman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

A.C. Giles (friend), care of J.C. Giles, Government Printing Office, Bent Street, Sydney, Australia

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Godfred's Hotel, Port Chalmers, New Zealand

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

04 December 1917

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

09 October 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34

Vessel:

Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Polygon Wood Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

F. 1.

Cemetery Location:

Belgium