O'KEEFFE, Mark
| Service Number: | 35 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Roman Catholic D, Section 8, Row 2, Grave 32. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a Populus Canadensis tree and a plaque |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 35, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 30 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 35, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 35, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, HMAT Port Lincoln, Fremantle | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , From 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 35, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Railway Coffee Palace, Northam, WA.
Son of Michael O'Keeffe and Margaret O'Keeffe ee Downey of Ballarat, Victoria.
Brother of James O'Keeffe who was killed in action on 11 October 1917 while serving with the 46th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 27; Frank O'Keeffe who return to Australia on 8 June 1919 having served with the 46th Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 5 August 1919 at Fremantle but failed to re-embark. On 17 August 1919 he re-embarked at Fremantle for onward travel to Melbourne
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal