Sydney Thomas Oke (1896 - 1960)

Born 1896 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Constance Margaret (Anderson) Oke — married 1924 in Victoria, Australia

Died 22 Mar 1960 at about age 64 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Sydney Oke was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Sydney Thomas Oke was born in 1896 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the son of Mary Ann (Ramsay) Oke and Thomas Oke.

Sydney Oke is an Anzac who served in World War One.

In World War I, Private Sydney Thomas Oke enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force on the 7th of July 1915. His Next of Kin was listed as his father, Thomas Oke of 18 Marshall Street, Newmarket, Victoria. Private Sydney Oke regimental number 2285 was assigned to the 24th Battalion, 4th Reinforcements, and this unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 27th of September 1915. This voyage in turn embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on the 5th of October 1915.

Lance Corporal Sydney Oke continued to serve with the 24th Battalion and returned to Australia from the 16th of March 1919. Note that his brother: Regimental no. 3094 Pte James Leslie OKE, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, returned to Australia from the 31st of March 1919.

Sydney Oke married Constance Margaret Anderson in 1924 in Victoria.^[2] Their children were:^[3]

• Cora Margaret Oke (1928–1990)
• Dawn Anderson Ok (1935–2020)

Sydney died on 22 March 1960 in Heidelberg, Victoria, aged 63 years.^[4] His remains were buried at Barrabool Hills Cemetey.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: OKE, Sydney Thos - event: Birth - mother: Mary Ann RAMSAY - father: Thos - place of birth: GEELONG - registration year: 1896 - registration no. 20167/1896. first accessed online on the 31st of March 2024. from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database.
2. ↑ Marriage record: 12924 / 1924. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Sydney Thos OKE and Constance Margt ANDERSON)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 March 2023), memorial page for Sydney Thomas Oke (1896–22 Mar 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #157639035, citing Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Ron M (contributor 48458376).
4. ↑ Death record: 3654 / 1960. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Sydney Thomas OKE); (Place of birth: GEELONG); (Place of death: HEIDELBERG); (Age at death: 63); (Mother: Mary Ann RAMSAY); (Father: OKE Thomas)

• Sydney Thomas OKE his profile on the AIF PROJECT website. © The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. first accessed online on the 31st of March 2024.