John William O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	2050
Enlisted:	14 October 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Woods Point, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1894
Home Town:	Woods Point, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Row S, Grave 669. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

14 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 2050, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 2050, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 2050, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Thomas O'Keefe and Martha Emily O'Keefe nee Cadan of Wood's Point, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 25 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Maria Cecilia O'Keefe