Michael John O'KEEFE

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O'KEEFE, Michael John

Service Number:	415
Enlisted:	29 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 3 November 1894
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1964, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Rocks Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Section C area, Row 20, Grave 34
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World War 1 Service

29 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 415, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
20 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 415, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 415, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
31 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, From 7th Light Horse Regiment
30 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 415, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Wound to the right thigh.
24 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 415, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Micael john O'Keefe and Mary Elizabeth O'Keefe nee O'Dwyer of Yass Road, Cootamundra, NSW.

Brother of Daniel Bed O;'Keefe who was killed in action on 2 May 1917 while serving with the 20th Battalion ans has no knowgrave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

Commeced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 26 December 1918

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

During 1940c Michael married Jean Kemp in Redfern, NSW

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