Robert O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	1804
Enlisted:	28 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driller
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Roman Catholic FM, Grave 1423. Interred on 19 October 1946
Memorials:

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915:	Embarked Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion
27 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left foot
6 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Severe head wound and shell wound to the arm. Embarked for England on 9 May 1917
30 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Thomas O'Keefe and Margaret O'Keefe of 'Lochano', Smith Street, Bexley, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HS Benalla disembarking on 27 October 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal