Patrick Michael O'KEEFE

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O'KEEFE, Patrick Michael

Other Name:	O'Keefe, Patrick - AKA
Service Numbers:	1560, 1292
Enlisted:	21 December 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Administrative Headquarters
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1 November 1890
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1988, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld Cassia Avenue Section 1, Row 14
Memorials:	West Ipswich & One Mile War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1560, 1st Australian General Hospital
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1292, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1292, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Allotted another service number now 1292
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 42nd Battalion
27 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions
23 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Machine Gun Company, In France
18 Jul 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1292, Administrative Headquarters
8 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1292, Administrative Headquarters, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Patrick O'Keefe and Margaret Mary O'Keefe nee Maroney of Hooper Street, West Ipswich, QLD.

On 29 April 1915 Patrick returned to Australia on 3 January 1916 aboard HS Commonwealth for nursing duties. Patrick returned to England on 5 June 1916 aboard HT Borda disembarking at Southampton, England on 23 July 1916

Commenced return to Australia on 25 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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

On 24 February 1921 Patrick married Wilhelmine Augusta Berndt in QLD

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