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Mitchell Oke after the war

Pte OKE, Mitchell, Peter 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 1017 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.

 

Wishe (Mitchell ) had three other brothers who served in WW1.

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

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Unit(s)
15th Bn (WW 1)
Service number
1090464
Previous unit
253rd Bn
Date of attestation
16-Apr-1917
Date Taken on Strength
17-Apr-1917
Fate
Released
Date struck off strength
31 May 1919

Data source(s)

Source
Detail
Service Records
Marlen Ojee Monroe, great niece of Mitchell Oke. See 2019047001 for details Discharge papers
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