John Patrick O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	871
Enlisted:	20 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller & School Teacher
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Tumut Cenotaph

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 871, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 871, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 871, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
5 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 871, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Wound to the nose
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 871, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 2 October 1918
8 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 871, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of James O'Keefe and Georgina Anne O'Keefe nee McNamara of Tumut, NSW. Later of 'Harrisville', Park Road, South Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal