Thomas O'KEEFE

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Other Name:	O'Keefe, Norman - AWM - Embarkation Roll
Service Number:	5184
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Allansford, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Allansford, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Area ZA 22
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5184, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5184, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5184, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
7 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5184, 14th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (First), Interned at Gefangenenlager, Limburg, Germany. Repatriated to England arriving on 1 December 1918
25 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5184, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas O'Keefe and Margaret O'Keefe nee Lynch of Allansford, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal