Joseph O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	5181
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 12 November 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan, Zone HA, Grave 0612
Memorials:

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5181, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5181, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5181, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
26 Jul 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5181, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Michael O'Keefe and Mary E. O'Keefe of Sydney, NSW.

Next of kin was given as a friend Mary Edderby of Bourke Street, Kalgoorlie, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 disembarking 9 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal