List of Oke and Peters- brothers who served in WW1

Mitchell Oke – brothers list of names

Typed list of Oke (Peters) brothers who served in WW1.   Includes their Mohawk written names.

Pte. Frank Peters 53182  – 60th Battalion -survived

Pte. Alex Peters 633145 – 21st Battalion -killed in action Dec 16, 1917 buried at Aubigny, France  Plot 3, Row F, Grave 53

Pte John ( Shawatis) Oke Peters 109210 – 253 Queens University Battalion  –  survived

Mitchell Oke,  1090464

Pte Mitchell Oke , Wishe Khahientahaha, was a Mohawk of Handenosaunee Turtle Clan in Cornwall Ontario and lived on the Akwesasne Mohawk Native Reservation.  He enlisted in the 253rd Infantry Battalion in April 1917 and sailed to Europe on the SS Olympia.  There he was transferred to the 15th Infantry Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 24 November 1917 in France.  Wishe ( Mitchell) was wounded twice, in the hip in April 1918, and again in the leg in September 1918.  He recovered from both wounds and it is likely that he served at the Battle of Amiens, the Drocourt -Queant Line and at Canal du Nord.  Wishe (Mitchell) returned home in March 1919 and continued farming ( possible blacksmithing) in the Cornwall area.

 

 

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Era
1914 – 1919 (WW 1)
Location of artifact
Case 52
Classification
Personal, Documents
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