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O'KEEFE, Cyril Daniel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5594 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia , 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bulahdelah, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher's Assistant |
| Died: | Dudley, New South Wales, Australia , 19 November 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) R S W 2 D 1. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5594, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5594, 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, 5594, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies | |
| 13 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5594, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Gassed. Embarked for England on 25 March 1918 aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5594, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 5594, Tunnelling Companies | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 5594, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Daniel O. O'Keefe and Matilda O'Keefe of Bulah Delah, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Cyril married Alma B. Wilson in Marrickville, NSW