William O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	1889
Enlisted:	20 April 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Baringhup, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Roman Catholic D, Section 3, Row 1, Grave 27. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a Fraxinus Pennsylvanica Tree and a plaque
Memorials:	Maldon Baringhup West State School WW1 Roll of Honor

20 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1889, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1889, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1889, 39th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
27 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1889, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Fibrosis of the lung

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Son of Cornelius O'Keefe and Ellen O'Keefe nee Scannell of Baringhup, Victoria.

During 1905c William married Ethel May Smith in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 April 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 12 June 1918

Medal: British War Medal