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Walter Patrick O'KEEFFE

Regimental number2826
Place of birthStroud, New South Wales
SchoolStroud Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressStroud, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinFather, M O'Keeffe, Stroud, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Michael Francis and Maria O'KEEFFE. Native of Stroud, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to and taken on strength of 58th Bn, Serapeum, 17 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as O'KEEFE.
SourcesNAA: B2455, O'KEEFFE Walter Patrick

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