Albert O'KEEFE

Albert O'KEEFE Update Details

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Service Number:	2917
Enlisted:	29 May 1916, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Glenalbyn, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Bellevue, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Gwalia, Western Australia, 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Bellevue Roll of Honor, Inglewood War Memorial

29 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2917, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
28 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2917, 7th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
28 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2917, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2917, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2917, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
15 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2917, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to influenza

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Son of Thomas O'Keefe and Fanny O'Keefe nee Middleton of Glenalbyn, Victoria

Husband of Una Gwendolen O'Keefe nee Tilling of Clayton Gate, Bellevue, WA. Albert and Una married durind 1914c at Bellevue, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 3 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal