Eugene O'KEEFFE

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Service Number:	2637
Enlisted:	10 July 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fruit Merchant
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 29 December 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Murwillumbah Catholic Cemetery, NSW Row 32, Grave 26
Memorials:

10 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2637, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2637, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2637, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2637, 36th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh
2 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2637, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Hunter Street, West Newcastle, NSW

Son of Timothy Patrick O'Keeffe an Jane O'Keeffe of Duranbah, Tweed Heads, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 30 December 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Eugene married Jane Bell McInnes in Casino, NSW