Thomas David O'KEEFFE

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Service Number:	473
Enlisted:	26 December 1914, Enlisted at Childers, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Catholic Boys Seminary School, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Chemist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, United Kingdom, 17 July 1918
Cemetery:	Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie Plot 1X, Row B, Grave 21. Headstone inscription reads: Requiescat in peace
Memorials:

26 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Childers, QLD
29 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 473, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 473, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Marital status at the time of enlistment was given as widower

Thomas studied chemistry under D.T. Solomon of St. John Street, Launceston, Tasmania for five years.

Son of Richard John O'Keefe and Margaret Teresa O;Keefe of Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria.

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