Henry John O'KEEFFE

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Service Number:	7265
Enlisted:	7 March 1917, Enlisted at Darwin, NT
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

7 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7265, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Darwin, NT
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7265, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7265, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
16 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
20 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 7265, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Wound to the face
10 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7265, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlisted was given as Darwin, NT

Son of Henry O'Keeffe and Margaret O'Keefe nee O'Driscoll of Melbourne, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother Cornelius O'Keeffe of Launching Place, Warburton, Victoria

On 3 April 1919 Henry lodged and application for non military employment with the Agriculture School (Tropical Agriculture), Sutton Valley, England

Commenced return to Australia on 19 August 1919 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 9 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal