Patrick Joseph O'KEEFE

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O'KEEFE, Patrick Joseph

Service Number:	1546
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Holy Cross School, Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Postman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, At sea (HS Somali), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot I, Row D, Grave 21 Chaplain F. Bergin officiated Headstone inscription reads: May his soul rest in peace, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Point Clare General Cemetery, Point Clare, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Windsor War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1546, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1546, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1546, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Served as GRANFIELD.

Son of Patrick and Margaret O'Keefe, of 5th Avenue, Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Patrick Joseph O'Keefe (AKA - Granfield) told his father that he had enlisted under the surname of O'Keefe after his mother had refused to give her consent to him enlisting. He did not need his parents permission to enlist as he was over 21 years

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Brisbane Field Artillery for about 2 years

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