David Leslie O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	647
Enlisted:	20 November 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, 1 October 1888
Home Town:	Winkleigh, West Tamar, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 10 February 1959, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Winkleigh General Cemetery, Tasmania Grave P20
Memorials:

20 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 647, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 647, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 647, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
19 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 15th Machine Gun Company
24 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 647, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Wound to the arm. Invalided to England on 29 June 1918
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 647, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as wounded

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Son of Denis O'Keefe and Elizabeth O'Keefe nee Creasey of Winkleigh, West Tamar, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1918 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 26 November 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal