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O'KEEFFE, Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6035 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1916, Enlisted at Darwin, NT |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Limerick, Ireland, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6035, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Darwin, NT | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6035, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6035, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 28 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6035, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Marital status given as widower. Next of kin given as his daughter Mary O'Keeffe C/-Mrs T R Lynch, Brazil Street, North Broken Hill, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking on 15 April 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal