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Francis O'Keeffe

Details:

Title

Francis O'Keeffe,

Name

Francis O'Keeffe,

Also known as

O'Keeffe, Francis,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Limerick, County Limerick Ireland,

Place of enlistment

Darwin,

Date of enlistment

1916-04-04,

Age

41,

Occupation

Miner,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

Tunnelling Companies, December 1916 Reinforcements,

Rank

Sapper,

Service number

6035,

Next of kin

Mary O'Keeffe - Daughter ; c/o T. R. Lynch, Brazil Street, North Broken Hill, N.S.W.,

Cultural heritage

Irish,

History

O'Keeffe joined the Contingent leaving Darwin on 13 April 1916 on board the ss 'Montoro'. His unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A38 'Ulysses' on 25 October 1916. He returned to Australia on 31 January 1918 and was discharged medically unfit.,

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7996509, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067111/RCDIG1067111--299-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/16/2/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/16/2/ [Unit War Diary], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7996509 [Service Record], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067111/RCDIG1067111--299-.JPG [Embarkation Roll], http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3278772 ["Our Boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 13 Apr 1916: p.14.],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/226452,