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"Our Mickey": The Story of Private James O'Rourke, VC.MM (CEF), 1879-1957
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Author/contributor
- Dooley, Michael Kevin (Author)
Title
"Our Mickey": The Story of Private James O'Rourke, VC.MM (CEF), 1879-1957
Abstract
Discusses the life of Michael James "Mickey" O'Rourke, miner, soldier, and labour activist. In 1917, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, Canada's highest military decoration at the time, for "conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during prolonged operations" while a member of the 7th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. After the war O'Rourke went to California, then returned to British Columbia where he played a prominent role in the 1935 Vancouver longshoremen's strike. Despite war-related chronic health problems, he received only a small pension as a disabled veteran. O'Rourke's later life was complicated by alcoholism. He died as an indigent at a Veterans' Affairs facility in Burnaby, BC in 1957.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
47
Pages
171-184
Date
Spring 2001
Journal Abbr
Labour / Le Travail
Language
English
ISSN
07003862
Short Title
"Our Mickey"
Accessed
4/27/15, 2:23 PM
Notes
Abstract by Desmond Maley.
Citation
Dooley, M. K. (2001). “Our Mickey”: The Story of Private James O’Rourke, VC.MM (CEF), 1879-1957. Labour / Le Travail, 47, 171–184. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/issue/view/500
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