John O'KEEFE

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Service Number:	250
Enlisted:	17 November 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1879
Home Town:	Talwood, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Lawn, Row 2, Grave 97
Memorials:

17 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 250, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 250, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 250, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
1 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 250, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis

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Son of David O'Keefe and Catherine O'Keefe of Sydney, NSW.

At the time of enlistment John's address was Talwood, QLD

Next if kin given as his sister Elizabeth Darby, Manly, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides dismebarking on 21 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 11 August 1920 John married Margaret McGregor O'Keefe nee McMachon in QLD.