Thomas George O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	1730
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Scariff, County Clare, Ireland, 1880
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 6 January 1919, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section FC, Grave 0450
Memorials:

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1730, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1730, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1730, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Fremantle
13 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1730, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Denis O'Keefe and Mary O'Keefe of Scariffe, County Clare, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 August 1918 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 24 September 1919

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