Owen O'KEEFE

Owen O'KEEFE Update Details

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Service Number:	2753
Enlisted:	9 September 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Waterford, Ireland, 1871
Home Town:	Westonia, Westonia, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Cancer of the olsophagas followed by heart failure, Australian General Hospital, Western Australia, 10 July 1920
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Monumental CC, Grave 622
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Westonia WWI Roll of Honour

9 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2753, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2753, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir. From 51st Battalion
20 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military district as medically unfit dur to sciatica and over age
10 Jul 1920:	Involvement Private, 2753, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2753 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1920-07-10

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Son of Michael O'Keefe, of Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland.

Next of kin given as a friend Frances of Bohemia Hotel, Perth, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 November 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 23 December 1917

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