Info: Australian? Allied Unit, Michael Patrick George Kane - 1st Steward - HMAHS Manunda

AKA Victor Kane

Any further information would be appreciated.



Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly.

I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces.

There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps.

Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more.

I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together.

Commemorative Roll - Michael Patrick George Kane

Rank: 1st Steward
Unit: Australian Hospital Ship Manunda (Melbourne)
Service: Merchant Navy
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 19 February 1942
Place of death: Darwin, Northern Territory
Cemetery or memorial details: Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory



Service Record
Name KANE, MICHAEL PATRICK GEORGE (KANE, VICTOR)
Service Merchant Navy
Service Number Not Applicable
Year of Birth 1903
Place of Birth SYDNEY, NSW
Date of Engagement 21 Jul 1939
Locality on Engagement DARLINGHURST, NSW
Place of Engagement SYDNEY, NSW
Next of Kin KANE, MICHAEL
Date of Death 19 Feb 1942
Capacity 1 GRADE
Last Ship MANUNDA
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Roll of Honour Unknown

Michael Patrick George Kane
Remembered with Honour
Northern Territory Memorial
In Memory of
Steward
Hospital Ship Manunda (Melbourne), Australian Merchant Navy
who died on 19 February 1942 Age 40
Son of Michael Patrick and Mary Anne Kane, of Darlinghurst, New South Wales.
From the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper (19 February 1951) Remembered by his sister, Mae, brother-in-law, Mac and niece and nephew, Laurel and Frank.

 

Just searched the NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages website, and no Michael Patrick Kane was born in the period 1899 - 1910 to a Michael and Mary Anne Kane.


Mark

 

Just searched the NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages website, and no Michael Patrick Kane was born in the period 1899 - 1910 to a Michael and Mary Anne Kane.


Mark

Thanks Mark,

The plot thickens! His age does not match with birth date either.

He had a sister Mae however her married name is not listed.

He was AKA Victor Kane.

Cheers

Geoff