John James O'KEEFE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	16 January 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Hospital Transport Corps
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1873
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Surgeon
Memorials:

16 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Hospital Transport Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
23 Jan 1918:	Involvement Major, Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: No 1 Hospital Ship public_note: ''
23 Jan 1918:	Embarked Major, Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Karoola, Melbourne
15 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Hospital Transport Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Husband of Grace Margaret O'Keefe nee Lucas of 'Grosvenor', Belgrave Street, Kogarah, NSW. John and Grace married during 1914c in Chatswood, NSW

Completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery in 1898 at the Sydney University

Returned to Australia on 1 February 1919 aboard HS Karoola

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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