Maurice O'KEEFFE

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Service Number:	7280
Enlisted:	27 November 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , March 1885
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Mill Foreman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot 1, Row J, Grave 17. Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man that he lay down his life for his friends
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

27 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 7280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 7280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 7280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7280 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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Son of Henry O'Keeffe and Elizabeth Hurley O'Keeffe of South Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Pearl Martha May O'Keeffe nee Deering of Moir Street, Perth, WA. Maurice and Pearl married during 1910c in North Perth, WA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal