Thomas David O'KEEFFE

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Service Numbers:	473, 1408, 1408
Enlisted:	26 December 1914, Enlisted at Childers, QLD. Attestation paper, page 4, shows 1408 below 473 with no reason given. Served as 473
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, May 1881
Home Town:	East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Catholic Boys Seminary School, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Chemist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 July 1918
Cemetery:	Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie Plot 1X, Row B, Grave 21. Headstone inscription reads: Requiescat in peace
Memorials:

26 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 1408, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Childers, QLD. Attestation paper, page 4, shows 1408 below 473 with no reason given. Served as 473
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1408, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1408, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
19 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion, From 9th Battalion

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On 3 August 1910 Thomas married Florence Louise Bellette in Princes Street, Queenborough, Hobart, Tasmania with Florence dying the next month.

Son of Richard John O'Keeffe and Margaret Teresa O'Keeffe nee McGowan of 'Chandos', Hotham Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

Chemist pprenticeship was with D.T. Solomn of St. John Street, Launceston, Tasmania

Next of kin given as his sister Stella Mary O'Keeffe of Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal