Stanley Joseph Aloysius O'KEEFE

O'KEEFE, Stanley Joseph Aloysius

    Service Number: 59636
    Enlisted: 1 June 1918, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1898
    Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Baker
    Died: Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1984, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    Ashes scattered in a general plot. No memorial at the cemetery
    Memorials: Merewether Memorial Gates, Merewether School of Arts Roll of Honour, Newcastle Operative Bakers' Society Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Jun 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59636, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
    17 Jul 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 59636, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    1 Feb 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From re-enforcements
    5 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 59636, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John O'Keefe and Elizabeth F. O'Keefe of Railway Street, Merewether, NSW.

    Served his apprenticeship with J.G. Adamson of Whickham, Newcastle, NSW.

    On 31 August 1919 Stanley married Eleanor Elizabeth Atkinson in the Church of Sacred Heart , Eden Grove, Holloway, Islington, London, England. W.G. Hall officiated

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1920 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 6 February 1920

    Medals: British War Medal

     

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